Definitions of Event_description| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Activity_ongoing | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Activity_pause | E | No Definition |
| Activity_prepare | E | This FE describes the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames. The state of affairs reported by the target is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. |
| Activity_resume | E | n general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Activity_start | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. |
| Activity_stop | E | n general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Adducing | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Adopt_selection | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Agree_or_refuse_to_act | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness, and consists of any descriptions of the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames. The state of affairs reported by the target is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. |
| Agriculture | E | This FE appraises the event. |
| Arriving | E | This FE marks the state of affairs reported by the Arriving Event as understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. |
| Attack | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. |
| Attending | E | This FE describes the event as a whole. |
| Beat_opponent | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness, or a description of the state-of-affairs introduced by the winning event. |
| Becoming_detached | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Being_active | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. |
| Being_employed | E | This FE gives a description of the Being_employed event. |
| Cause_change | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Cause_emotion | E | This FE describes the event as a whole, often as a VPing. |
| Cause_to_start | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness |
| Confronting_problem | E | This FE gives a description of the confronting event as a whole. |
| Convey_importance | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. |
| Delivery | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the Delivery event. |
| Deny_permission | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. First, it applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. The notion of appraisal requires a factive portrayal of the event. The second subgroup consists of any descriptions of the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames. The state of affairs reported by the target is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. What that role is depends only on the predicate heading the modifier phrase. |
| Departing | E | This FE describes of the state of affairs denoted by the Departing event as role fillers in other frames; the state of affairs reported Departing event is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. |
| Emotions_of_mental_activity | E | This FE sums up what is expressed in the main clause, often with a VPing. |
| Going_back_on_a_commitment | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the Protagonist 's act of going back on their Commitment as a whole. |
| Intentionally_affect | E | This FE describes the event. |
| Invading | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole and describes and describes the event more generally. |
| Launch_process | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. |
| Performers_and_roles | E | This is an appraisal or description of the performance event. |
| Progress | E | This FE describes the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames |
| Protecting | E | Tthis FE is used for phrases that describe the protecting event as a whole. It applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. The notion of appraisal requires a factive portrayal of the event. It also applies to descriptions of the protecting event as a role filler in another frame. |
| Reforming_a_system | E | This FE is used for phrases that describe the event of reforming as a whole . |
| Rejuvenation | E | This FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole, either appraisals of the event, or descriptions of the rejuvenation event as role fillers in other frames. |
| Reveal_secret | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole especially any descriptions of the state of affairs denoted by the target as role fillers in other frames. |
| Statement | E | This FE describes the Statement event. |
| Subjective_influence | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the Subjective_influence event. |
| Supporting | E | A clause describing the event as a whole. |
| Surrendering_possession | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. |
| Temporal_collocation | E | This FE describes the state of affairs reported by the target is understood to play a role in the state of affairs of the modifier. |
| Traversing | E | In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole. There are two somewhat distinct subgroups of sentence modifiers that cover this function. |
| Win_prize | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness, or a description of the state-of-affairs introduced by the winning event. |
| Working_on | E | This FE applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. |