Definitions of Medium| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Absorb_heat | P | Medium is a substance through which heat is absorbed by the Entity . |
| Adducing | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement. |
| Agree_or_refuse_to_act | P | As with Medium in other communication frames, the physical entity or channel used to communicate can be expressed. |
| Apply_heat | E | Medium is the substance through which heat is applied to the Food . |
| Assessing | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Assessor to make the assessment. |
| Attempt_suasion | C | The written or spoken material that contains a message that potentially influences the Addressee towards the Content . |
| Be_in_agreement_on_action | P | As with other frames in the Communication domain, the Medium of communication may be expressed. Medium is the physical entity or channel used to record or negotiate the Obligation . |
| Be_translation_equivalent | P | A text in which the Target_symbol is used to render the Content of a Source_symbol . |
| Behind_the_scenes | C | This FE indicates the Medium in which a particular Artist works or a Production is made. |
| Bragging | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement. |
| Candidness | C | Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Cause_change_of_phase | P | The Medium is the substance which surrounds the Undergoer and facilitates its phase change. |
| Cause_emotion | P | Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Agent causes the Experiencer to feel an emotion. |
| Cause_to_perceive | C | The Medium through which a Phenomenon is expressed. |
| Cause_to_start | P | Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Cause results in the Effect . |
| Cogitation | E | The physical or abstract setting in which the Cognizer considers the Topic . |
| Coming_to_believe | C | Medium is the text created by the Cognizer to communicate that they came to believe a specified Content . |
| Commitment | C | As with other frames in the Communication domain, the Medium of communication may be expressed. Medium is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the Message. Bob threatened the workers in Spanish . |
| Communicate_categorization | C | The piece of text in which a Speaker communicates their categorization of the Item . |
| Communication | C | The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Communication_manner | P | This frame element expresses the medium of communication, such as the language used or the specific type of text in which the Message occurs. It is normally expressed as a PP-complement headed by on or in : |
| Communication_noise | P | Medium is used for a physical entity or channel that transmits the Message . It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by on or in . |
| Communication_response | P | As with Medium in other Communication frames, the physical entity or channel used to communicate can be expressed, usually as a PP Complement headed by "on" or "in": |
| Complaining | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Complainer to transmit the Complaint . |
| Contacting | P | The physical or abstract setting in which the message is conveyed. |
| Convey_importance | C | The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Correctness | P | The physcial context that the Information is found in. |
| Documents | P | The language the Document is written in, or a specification of the kind of object that instantiates it. |
| Encoding | C | Medium expresses the Medium of communication, such as the language used or the specific type of text in which the Message occurs: |
| Enforcing | C | This FE describes the medium through which the rule was enforced. It may occur in the same syntactic position as the Agent. |
| Execute_plan | C | This FE describes the medium through which a plan was executed. It may occur in the same syntactic position as the Agent. |
| Expressing_publicly | C | Medium is the observable action or product of the Communicator . |
| Grooming | P | Medium is the substance that is the grooming agent. Bobby washed his hair with shampoo . |
| Have_as_translation_equivalent | P | A text in which the Source_symbol is rendered by a Target_symbol to express a particular Content. |
| Having_commercial_agreement | P | As with other frames in the Communication domain, the Medium of communication may be expressed. Medium is the physical entity or channel used to record or negotiate the Obligation . |
| Hear | P | Medium is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the Message. It is normally expressed as a PP-complement headed by on or in : |
| Heralding | C | The symbol-containing artifact whereby a Communicator heralds. |
| Indicating | C | The physical or abstract setting in which the Unresolved_referent is conveyed. |
| Judgment_communication | C | Medium identifies the physical or abstract setting in which the evaluation is conveyed. |
| Judgment_direct_address | C | The Medium identifies the physical or abstract entity in which the judgment is conveyed. |
| Just_found_out | P | Medium is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the experience invoked by the Stimulus . |
| Labeling | C | A text whose author applies a particular Label to an Entity . |
| Launch_process | P | Medium is the physical or abstract setting in which the Agent initiates the Process . |
| Make_agreement_on_action | P | As with other frames in the Communication domain, the Medium of communication may be expressed. Medium is the physical entity or channel used to record or negotiate the Obligation . |
| Mention | C | The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Performers_and_roles | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Performer to transmit the Performance to the Audience . |
| Performing_arts | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Performer to transmit the Performance to the Audience . |
| Preserving | C | Medium is the substance in which the Undergoer might be submerged to be preserved. |
| Quarreling | P | The equipment, language, or other entity that the Arguers use to pursue their argument. |
| Questioning | P | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the question: |
| Reasoning | P | This FE identifies the physical or abstract setting in which the Content is conveyed. |
| Reassuring | P | The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Recording | P | Medium is the physical entity in which the Agent creates a record of their impression of the Phenomenon . |
| Renunciation | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement of renunciation. |
| Request | C | The is the physical entity or channel used to transmit the Message . The Medium is frequently expressed as a PP Complement headed by on or in . |
| Resolve_problem | P | This FE identifies the physical or abstract setting in which the Problem is resolved. |
| Respond_to_proposal | P | As with Medium in other Communication frames, the physical entity or channel used to communicate can be expressed, usually as a PP Complement headed by "on" or "in". |
| Reveal_secret | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement. |
| Scrutiny | C | The Medium is the piece of text or work in which the Cognizer pays attention to an entity in order to discover something about it. The FE is normally expressed as an External Argument: |
| Soaking | C | Medium is the substance in which the Theme is submerged. |
| Speak_on_topic | P | This frame element is the Medium through which the Speaker communicates. |
| Statement | C | Medium is the physical entity or channel used by the Speaker to transmit the statement. |
| Strictness | C | A Medium of control, such as rules, may also be described as strict or lenient. Medium may occur with or without the Agent who ultimately has control (i.e. the one who implements or enforces the rules). The club has strict rules about who can become a member. Immigration law is very strict . |
| Successfully_communicate_message | C | The physical or abstract setting in which the Message is conveyed. |
| Summarizing | C | The textual or other Medium through which the Communicator summarizes. |
| Telling | C | This frame element is the Medium in which the Message is expressed. |
| Text | P | The Medium is the language in which a text is composed, or the physical medium (radio, ink) in which it is distributed. |
| Translating | P | No Definition |
| Verification | C | The Medium is the piece of text or work in which the Inspector verifies the Unconfirmed_content : |
| Volubility | P | Medium is the physical entity or channel used to communicate, as in other Communication frames. It is usually a PP Complement headed by in or on . |
| Withdraw_from_participation | P | The document that the Participant uses to communicate their withdrawal. |