Definitions of Focal_participant| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Desiring | C | This is the entity that the Experiencer wishes to be affected by some Event . |
| Enforcing | E | The individual or group who is obligated to follow the Rule . |
| Execute_plan | E | The individual or group who is obligated to follow the Plan . [CHANGE: may only be relevant for "implemented the policy for residents of florida only"] |
| Expertise | C | This frame element can only occur in place of a skill expression. It refers to the prototypical patient in an action involving the Protagonist. For instance, in the following sentence the children are experts at some (contextually given) action such as rolling the hoops. Some children were quite expert with wooden hoops . |
| Preference | C | This is the entity that the Experiencer wishes to be affected by some Event . |
| Relative_time | C | The Focal_participant is the participant in the Focal_occasion which is profiled as being in a relation of relative time to the Landmark_occasion . |