Definitions of Message| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Body_movement | E | This FE identifies the Message that the body movement conveys. |
| Bragging | C | A description of the state of affairs that redounds to the Speaker 's credit |
| Candidness | C | Message is the communicative content whose truth or sincerity is at issue. This FE does not normally co-occur with the other FEs in this frame. When it does occur, it is normally the External Argument of a predicative use of the Target word, or the modified Nominal Head in a prenominal use. |
| Commitment | C | An expression of the commitment made by the Speaker expresses the frame element Message. Message is expressed as a finite or non-finite clausal Complement or an NP Object: I swore that I would never make the same mistake again . The owner finally consented to sell the business . They threatened revenge . |
| Communication | C | Message A proposition or set of propositions that the Communicator wants the Addressee to believe or take for granted. |
| Communication_manner | C | Message is the content which is communicated by the Speaker. The Message may be a direct quote, a finite complement clause or an NP Object: |
| Communication_means | C | This is the FE that identifies the content of what the Speaker is communicating to the Addressee. It can be expressed as a clause or as a noun phrase. |
| Communication_noise | C | Message has a number of different realizations in this frame, including that -clauses, direct quotes, infinitival complements, for-to phrases, and NP Objects. Quoted Message s may either precede or follow the External Argument and verb, or may be discontinuous. |
| Communication_response | C | The Message is the FE that identifies the content of what the Speaker is communicating to the Addressee . It can be expressed as a direct quote or a clause. |
| Convey_importance | C | The proposition whose denotation the Speaker presents as important. |
| Encoding | C | The Message is almost invariably expressed in an NP Object. (The only exceptions occur with the verb express , which is occasionally used with that-clause complements.) BUT: |
| Gesture | C | This is the content of non-verbal communication. It may be expressed as a that -clause Complement, a to -marked infinitive VP Complement, or a directional PP Complement: The teacher gestured that it was time to leave . The teacher gestured to us to enter the room . The teacher gestured us into the room . |
| Hear | C | The Message is the content that is communicated from one person to another. It is normally expressed as an NP Object or a finite clause Complement: |
| Mention | C | A proposition or set of propositions that the Communicator wants the Addressee to believe or take for granted. |
| Questioning | C | The Message, or content of the question, usually takes the form of a direct quote or an embedded question with a verb target: With noun targets, Message is not common (as Topic occurs more frequently). However, Message does occur in a PP Complement with the noun question : |
| Request | C | The Message is the content of the request that can be expressed as a quote, in a finite or non-finite clausal Complement, an NP Object or PP Complement. |
| Statement | C | The Message is the FE that identifies the content of what the Speaker is communicating to the Addressee . It can be expressed as a clause or as a noun phrase. |
| Successfully_communicate_message | C | Message A proposition or set of propositions that the Communicator wants the Addressee to believe or take for granted. |
| Telling | C | The Message is the communication produced by the Speaker. |