The semantic level:
Information types
Semantic
Unit
A
Ontological type
R
Extended Qualia Structure
M
F
E
O
E
L
N
A
Domain
A
T
T
U
I
R
Event Type
O
Synonymy
G
S
Derivation
E
E
N
M
S
S
U
Semantic properties
Regular Polysemy alt.
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Predicative Representation
lexical predicate
arguments:
sem. role; sem. restr.
Link to syntactic unit
Semantic information
vaporizzatore
atomizer
semantic type: Instrument
supertype: Artifact
gloss:
apparecchio usato per ridurre in
minuscole particelle un liquido
example: un vaporizzatore per piante
ontological type
gloss and example
eventype: =====
event type
domain: cleaning, gardening, cosmetics
semantic features
synonymy: nebulizzatore
morpho. derivation: eventverb vaporizzare
semantic relations
formal:
constitutive:
agentive:
telic:
Extended Qualia Structure
regular polysemy
vaporizzatore isa
apparecchio
vaporizzatore has_as_part pulsante
vaporizzatore created_by fabbricare
vaporizzatore used_for
atomizzare
regular polysemy: =====
predicative representation
semantic predicate: PRED_vaporizzare
type of link: instrument nominalization
arguments description:
range
arg0
semantic role
Protoagent
select. restrictions
Human/Instrument
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arg1
Protopatient
+liquid
arg2
Location
Concrete_entity
Semantic information
spaventare
to frighten
semantic type: Cause_Experience_Event
unif_path: Psychological_event-Causeagentive
gloss: incutere spavento, atterrire
example: la tua partenza mi spaventa
eventype: process / state
ontological type
gloss and example
domain: ====
event type
semantic class: emotion
agentive_cause: yes
connotation: negative
semantic features
semantic relations
synonymy: impaurire
Extended Qualia Structure
formal:
spaventare
isa
causare
constitutive: spaventare has_as_effect spavento
regular polysemy
regular polysemy: Experience_Event-Cause_Experience_Event
predicative representation
semantic predicate: PRED_spaventare
type of link: master
arguments description:
range
arg0
semantic role
Protoagent
select. restrictions
Entity
arg1
Protopatient
Animate
correspondence semantic-syntactic frame: iso bivalent
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Semantic information
spaventarsi
to be
frightened
semantic type: Experience_Event
unif_path: Psychological_event-Agentive
gloss: essere preso da spavento, impaurirsi
example: Leo si è spaventato per l'accaduto
eventype: process / state
ontological type
gloss and example
domain: ====
event type
semantic class: emotion
agentive_experience: yes
connotation: negative
semantic features
semantic relations
synonymy: impaurirsi
Extended Qualia Structure
formal:
spaventarsi
isa
constitutive: spaventarsi feeling
regular polysemy
provare
spavento
regular polysemy: Experience_Event-Cause_Experience_Event
predicative representation
semantic predicate: PRED_spaventare
type of link: master
arguments description:
range
arg0
semantic role
Protoagent
select. restrictions
Entity
arg1
Protopatient
Animate
correspondence semantic-syntactic frame: crossed bivalent
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Semantic information
immenso
huge
semantic type: Physical_Property
supertype: Extensional
gloss:
senza limiti, così esteso da non poter
essere misurato
example: casa immensa, spazio immenso
ontological type
adjective_type: subsective
syntactic_type: attributive_predicative
gloss and example
duration: persistent
scalar: no
meaning component: Dimension_Positive
semantic features
constitutive features
synonymy: enorme
synonymy: sconfinato
semantic relations
Extended Qualia Relations
formal:
immenso antonym_grad minuscolo
predicative representation
semantic predicate: PRED_immenso
type of link: master
arguments description:
range
arg0
underspecified
semantic role
Concrete_Entity
select. restrictions
correspondence semantic-syntactic frame: iso_monovalent
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Semantic information
precedente
former
semantic type: Temporal
supertype: Intensional
gloss:
che precede, che viene prima
example: il precedente governo
ontological type
syntactic_type: attributive
gloss
and example
ontological
type
temporality_type: durative
aspect: past
scalar: no
meaning component: Past_Neutral
semantic features
constitutive features
synonymy: anteriore
synonymy: antecedente
semantic relations
Extended Qualia Relations
formal:
precedente antonym_comp successivo
predicative representation
semantic predicate: PRED_precedere
type of link: VerbPresentParticiple
arguments description:
range
semantic role
select. restrictions
arg0
Protoagent
Entity
arg1
Protopatient
Entity
correspondence semantic-syntactic frame: iso_bivalent
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