Definitions of Topic| Frame | Type | Definition |
| Annoyance | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Attempt_suasion | C | What the communication is about. |
| Awareness | C | Some verbs in this frame allow a Topic to be expressed in about-PPs. However, a number of nouns and adjectives in this frame which cannot take about-phrases allow Topic to be expressed as an adjectival or adverbial modifier. |
| Be_in_agreement_on_action | C | Topic is a description of the domain covered by the agreement. |
| Be_in_agreement_on_assessment | C | A phenomenon that the Cognizers are considering with respect to their Opinion . |
| Become_silent | P | The Topic is the subject which the Speaker had been speaking about. |
| Becoming_aware | C | Topic indicates the general field within which the Phenomenon is found. |
| Bragging | C | The Topic is a positively judged entity or state of affairs with which the Speaker is associated and about which they talk. |
| Candidness | C | The Topic is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It often occurs without the Message FE in predicative uses of the target word. It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by "about". |
| Certainty | C | The Topic is the entity that a Cognizer has a certain/uncertain belief about. |
| Chatting | P | The general subject that the statements of the Interlocutors in the conversation pertain to. |
| Choosing | P | Topic occurs quite rarely in this frame and usually only as a PP Complement of a noun target: |
| Cogitation | C | With a target verb, the Topic is usually expressed as an Object NP, a gerundive verbal complement, or a PP. With a target noun, the Topic is typically expressed in a PP. |
| Come_together | E | A Topic of a discussion that may occur between the Individuals . |
| Coming_to_believe | C | Some verbs in this frame may occur with postverbal Topic expressions: They found out about us ! More generally verbs in this frame may occur with quantificational nouns followed by Topic expressions: The jury learned something terrible about the suspect . |
| Commitment | C | Topic expressions are not very frequent in this frame. They can occur with noun targets. Jo made endless promises about working harder at school . |
| Communication | C | Topic is the entity that the proposition or propositions conveyed relate to, that they are about. |
| Communication_manner | C | Topic is the subject matter of the communicated Message. It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by about and, in this frame, is frequently preceded by a quantificational noun which is treated as referring to the Message: |
| Communication_means | C | Topic is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It is typically expressed as a PP Complement headed by about. |
| Communication_noise | C | Topic occurs in PP Complements, usually headed by about . |
| Communication_response | C | Topic occurs quite rarely in this frame and usually only as a PP Complement of a noun Target : |
| Complaining | C | The Topic is the subject matter to which the Complaint pertains. |
| Concessive | C | An entity which metonymically stands in for an associated Statement . |
| Contacting | C | This is the subject matter to which the message pertains. It is typically expressed as a PP Complement headed by "about". |
| Correctness | C | The Topic about which the Source has accurate information. |
| Court_examination | P | The subject matter to which the examination pertains. |
| Discussion | C | Topic expresses the subject that the Interlocutors are trying to come to some agreement about. It may refer, for example, to an undesirable issue that the Interlocutors want to have the proper response to, or it may refer more directly to an unresolved question. |
| Emotion_active | C | The Experiencer's emotion generally is about something. This is indicated with a Topic which usually occurs in a PP-Complement. |
| Emotion_directed | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Emotion_heat | P | Topic is the entity that the proposition or propositions conveyed relate to, that they are about. Had someone communicated to the capital about the flagrant disregard of the religious law ? |
| Emotions | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Emotions_by_possibility | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Emotions_by_stimulus | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Emotions_success_or_failure | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Expectation | C | An entity that serves as the focus of a predicted Phenomenon . |
| Experiencer_focus | C | The Topic is the area about which the Experiencer has the particular experience. |
| Fear | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Having_commercial_agreement | C | Topic is a description of the domain covered by the commercial agreement. |
| Hear | C | Topic is the subject matter about which the Message is communicated. It is normally expressed as a PP-complement headed by about , with or without a quantificational noun: The quantificational noun, if present, is treated as the Message. |
| History | C | The Topic is the subject about which the history is given. |
| Hospitality | C | The Topic is the situation or person that the Host 's Behavior responds to or is related to. |
| Information | C | The Topic is what the Information is about in general. |
| Judgment | P | Topic identifies the entity to which the proposition or propositions conveyed relate. |
| Judgment_communication | C | Topic identifies the entity to which the proposition or propositions conveyed relate. |
| Judgment_direct_address | C | The Topic is the subject on which the Addressee is being judged. |
| Just_found_out | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Make_agreement_on_action | C | Topic is a description of the domain covered. |
| Memory | C | The Topic is the subject the Cognizer mental Content is about. |
| Mental_activity | C | A description of the kind of Content in the Sentient_entity 's attention in terms of an idea which is salient throughout the Content . |
| Mental_stimulus_exp_focus | C | The Topic is the general area in which the emotion occurs. It indicates a range of possible Stimulus . |
| Opinion | E | A phenomenon that the Cognizer is considering with respect to their Opinion . Note that this extra-thematic frame element occurs freely with nouns, but only in very restricted contexts with verbs. |
| Prevarication | C | Topic is the entity to which the proposition or propositions relate, that they are about. |
| Questioning | C | Topic occurs very frequently in this frame with both noun and verb targets. It generally occurs as a PP Complement: |
| Remembering_information | P | An entity, concrete or abstract, or an event that the remembered Mental_content is about. |
| Request | C | The Topic is rarely expressed in this frame but can occur as a PP Complement headed by about . |
| Research | C | A phenomenon or idea involved in a Question . |
| Reveal_secret | C | The Topic is the subject matter about which the Speaker is speaking. It normally only appears with noun targets, or in special constructions. |
| Silencing | P | This is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It is typically expressed as a PP Complement headed by about. |
| Social_interaction_evaluation | C | The Topic is the situation or person that the Evaluee 's Behavior responds to or is related to. |
| Speak_on_topic | C | What the text that the Speaker produces is about. |
| Statement | C | The Topic is the subject matter to which the Message pertains. It is normally expressed as a PP Complement headed by "about", but in some cases it can appear as a direct object. |
| Suasion | C | The general item or items that are the focus of the Content of the Speaker 's message. |
| Telling | C | The Topic is a general description of the content of the Message . |
| Text | P | Topic is what the Text is about. |
| Text_scenario | C | The Topic is what a Text is about. |
| Tolerating | C | The Topic is the area about which the Experiencer has the tolerated experience(s). |
| Topic | C | The Topic is what a Text is about. |
| Trust | P | The Topic is the entity that a Cognizer trusts information about. |
| Volubility | C | This FE is the Topic on which much or little information is communicated. Topic is far more frequent than Message in this frame. |