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STATE

Roles: has-state, state

This superframe is the ancestor of all other superframes except ENTITY. It denotes a state in the most general sense: some entity (has-state) is in a state or situation, whatever the nature of that situation may be.

This frame is used for predicates denoting simple states like whole, broken, open, closed, awake, tired, asleep, etc.

Dependency graph for sentence: They eat their prey whole without chewing it. Token whole is labeled STATE and has an edge labeled has-state to token prey. Token chewing is labeled STATE-INIT and has an edge labeled CAUSER to token They and an edge labeled has-state to token it. Dependency graph for sentence: They sleep through the six months that they need for digestion. Token sleep is labeled STATE and has an edge labeled has-state to token They. Dependency graph for sentence: a boa constrictor digesting an elephant. Token digesting is labeled STATE-INIT and has an edge labeled CAUSER to token boa and an edge labeled has-state to token elephant. Dependency graph for sentence: that hasn't much improved my opinion of them. Token improved is labeled STATE-INIT and has an edge labeled CAUSER to token that and an edge labeled SCENE to token much and an edge labeled has-state to token opinion. Dependency graph for sentence: Something was broken in my engine. Token broken is labeled STATE and has an edge labeled has-state to token Something and an edge labeled RELATED-TO to token engine. Token engine is labeled ENTITY and has an edge labeled PART to token Something. Dependency graph for sentence: I was awakened by a little voice. Token awakened is labeled STATE-INIT and has an edge labeled has-state to token I and an edge labeled CAUSER to token voice. Dependency graph for sentence: Kim opened the window. Token opened is labeled STATE-INIT and has an edge labeled CAUSER to token Kim and an edge labeled has-state to token window.

It is also used stacked with -DYN for predicates that describe events that cannot easily be framed in terms of a state but that involve complex transitions through multiple heterogeneous states:

Dependency graph for sentence: Kim was partying. Token partying is labeled STATE-DYN and has an edge labeled has-state to token Kim.

It is also used as a default frame if no other frame seems to fit better:

Dependency graph for sentence: I was lost. Token lost is labeled STATE and has an edge labeled has-state to token I.

Use the more specific frame RELATION or one of its subframes for predicates that denote a relation between two entities. Use the more specific frame PROPERTY for states that are construed as stable.