Definitions of Source| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Amassing | P | The Source is the location that the Mass_theme formerly occupied. Persons that begin in possession of the Mass_theme may metonymically stand in for the Source . |
| Arriving | P | Source is any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion. While Source expressions are possible in this frame, they are relatively infrequent. If present, they often express a general direction from which a Theme moves, rather than a landmark away from which it moves. |
| Attack | P | The starting-point of the motion of the Assailant or projectiles of the Assailant as they move toward the the Place that the Victim is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Becoming_detached | C | Source identifies the location to which an Item was attached before getting detached. |
| Being_detached | C | Source identifies the location from which the Item (s) is detached. |
| Besieging | P | The starting-point of the motion of the Assailant or projectiles of the Assailant as they move toward the the Place that the Victim is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Board_vehicle | P | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion outside of or off the Vehicle expresses the frame element Source . |
| Body_movement | P | Source is the place from which the Body_part is moved. |
| Breathing | P | Source identifies the starting point of the Air . |
| Bringing | C | Source indicates the beginning of the path along which the Theme travels. |
| Cause_fluidic_motion | C | The location that the Fluid occupies initially. |
| Cause_motion | C | The FE Source is the starting point of motion. |
| Cause_to_make_noise | E | The location from which the noise emanates toward an (implicit) perceiver. |
| Change_direction | P | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . |
| Change_posture | P | Source is used for expressions that indicate the starting point of the change of posture. |
| Connecting_architecture | P | The Source is one of the Connected_locations treated as source. |
| Container_focused_placing | P | The Source is the location where the Theme begins its motion. |
| Container_focused_removing | C | The Source is the region or container which is emptied of something. In this frame, the Source occurs as an NP Object. |
| Correctness | C | The Source is the agent who holds the correct/incorrect information. |
| Cotheme | C | Source marks any expression which implies a definite starting-point of the motion of the Cotheme . In prepositional phrases, the object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Delivery | P | The location of the Theme before the delivery process begins. |
| Departing | C | All the verbs in this frame express some change of location, away from one place and to another. Any constituent that expresses the initial position of the Theme , before the change of location, is tagged with Source . Often the Source is understood from context. |
| Detaching | C | Source identifies the location to which an Item was attached before getting detached. |
| Dispersal | P | Source is the relatively confined space from which an Agent scatters the Individuals . |
| Duplication | P | The Source is the location from which material is copied, i.e. the location of the Original . Unlike the FE Source in other domains and frames, there is no actual movement of either Copy or Original from this location. Source is usually expressed by a PP Complement. |
| Electricity | P | The Source of the Electricity . |
| Emanating | C | The Source is the location from which the Emission emanates. |
| Emptying | C | The Source is the region or container which is emptied of something. In this frame, the Source occurs as an NP Object. |
| Excreting | C | The Source is the starting point of the Excreta 's motion. |
| Filling | P | The Source is the location where the Theme begins its motion. |
| Fleeing | C | Source is used for any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion. |
| Fluidic_motion | C | The Source is the location the Fluid occupies initially. |
| Food_gathering | C | The Source is the ground where the Crop is gathered from. |
| Forging | P | An entity corresponding to the Standard which the Agent scrutinizes in order to copy. |
| Gathering_up | P | The Source is the location where the Individuals are at the beginning of the gathering event. |
| Getting | P | The Source is the location that the Theme formerly occupied. Persons that begin in possession of the Theme may metonymically stand in for the Source . |
| Getting_scenario | P | The Source is the location that the Theme formerly occupied. Persons that begin in possession of the Theme may metonymically stand in for the Source . |
| Getting_underway | C | Source refers to the starting-point of the Self_mover 's motion. |
| Getting_vehicle_underway | C | Any expression which describes the location that the Vehicle has been stationed at. |
| Growing_food | P | The starting state of the Food , e.g., a seed. |
| Information | P | The Cognizer obtains the Information from the Source . |
| Ingestion | P | Place from which the Ingestor takes the Ingestibles |
| Ingredients | E | The location that the Material comes from, including both extraction sites and emission/production sources. |
| Intentional_traversing | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . |
| Invading | P | The starting-point of the motion of the Invader or projectiles of the Invader as they move toward the the Place that the Land is occupying in the attack. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Kidnapping | P | Source is the initial location of the Victim before it changes location. |
| Light_movement | C | The Source is the location the Beam occupies initially before its change of location. |
| Mass_motion | C | The Source is the location the Theme occupies initially before its change of location. |
| Mining | C | The area where the Miner searches for the Resource |
| Motion | C | The Source is the location the Theme occupies initially before its change of location. |
| Motion_directional | C | The Source is the location the Theme occupies before the Motion occurs. |
| Motion_noise | C | The Source is any expression which implies a definite starting-point of Motion. |
| Motion_scenario | C | The Source is the location the Theme initially occupies before its change of location. |
| Operate_vehicle | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Optical_image | C | The entity from which the Image 's form is based on. |
| Passing | C | The FE Source is the starting point of the passing action |
| Path_shape | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of the Road . In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. In particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Path_traveled | P | The Source is one of the Endpoints treated as a source. |
| Piracy | P | This is the place from which the vehicle is taken away. |
| Placing | P | The Source is the initial location of the Theme , before it changes location. |
| Placing_scenario | P | The Source is the location where the Theme begins its motion. |
| Product_delivery | P | The location of the Goods before the delivery process begins. |
| Quitting_a_place | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. In particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Reading_aloud | E | The medium from which the Text is read. |
| Removing | C | The Source is the initial location of the Theme , before it changes location. A few of the words in this frame participate in an alternation between a Theme object and a Source object. Sentences with a Source object belong in the frame Motion_Emptying. The frames Motion_Emptying and Motion_Removing differ in terms of which frame element, the Source or the Theme , is construed as being more highly affected. |
| Removing_scenario | C | The Source is the region or container which is emptied of something. In this frame, the Source occurs as an NP Object. |
| Ride_vehicle | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . |
| Roadways | P | The Source is one of the Endpoints treated as a source. |
| Robbery | C | Source is the initial location of the goods, before they change location. This FE is realized in compound nouns as follows: |
| Seeking_to_achieve | E | An individual or organization that helps the Agent bring about the State_of_affairs or delivers the Sought_entity to the Agent . |
| Self_motion | C | Source is used for any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion. In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. With particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Sending | P | The beginning of the path, similar to source except that it serves to define the path. I sent wood from Illinois to California . |
| Sensation | C | This is the entity or phenomenon which gives rise to the sensation. In cases of veridical sensation, this FE is not typically distinguished from Percept . Most of the phrases that express this FE can be paraphrased as from -phrases, e.g. The first sentence, in which the object of the prepostion of is a definite NP, can be roughly paraphrased by the second sentence, which replaces the of -PP with a from -PP. This shows that the phrase of the garlic in the first sentence expresses Source . On the other hand, the third sentence, in which the object of the preposition of is a bare noun, cannot be so paraphrased. The bare-noun of -PPs express Percept rather than Source . Source can be expressed as the External Argument of a support verb, e.g. |
| Sent_items | P | The beginning of the path, similar to source except that it serves to define the path. |
| Setting_out | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. In particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Shoot_projectiles | P | This FE is the starting point of motion. Pat dragged the box out of the cupboard . |
| Shooting_scenario | P | This FE is the starting point of motion. Pat dragged the box out of the cupboard . |
| Sidereal_appearance | P | The Source is the location the Astronomical_entity is construed to occupy before coming above the horizon. |
| Smuggling | C | The source is the location the goods occupy initially before change of location. |
| Source_of_getting | C | A concrete or abstract entity from which the Goal has gotten the Theme . |
| Source_path_goal | C | A description of the initial location of the Trajector , before a motion event begins. |
| Substance | E | The location that the Substance comes from, including both extraction sites and emission/production sources. |
| Supply | P | The source of the Theme . |
| Taking | C | The location of the Theme prior to the taking. |
| Theft | C | Source is the initial location of the goods, before they change location. |
| Travel | C | The Source is the starting point of the trip. |
| Traversing | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . In prepositional phrases, the prepositional object expresses the starting point of motion. In particles, the starting point of motion is understood from context. |
| Trust | C | The individual that gives Information to the Cognizer . |
| Use_firearm | P | The Source is the location of the Firearm from which projectiles originate. |
| Use_vehicle | C | Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source . |
| Visiting_scenario_departing | C | Any constituent that expresses the initial position of the Agent , before the change of location, is tagged with Source . Often the Source is understood from context. |
| Visitor_departure | C | Any constituent that expresses the initial position of the Agent , before the change of location, is tagged with Source . Often the Source is understood from context. |
| Wearing | E | The location that the Wearer exits while wearing the Clothing . |