The words in this frame describe an Experiencer's emotions with respect to some Content. A Reason for the emotion may also be expressed. Although the Content may refer to an actual, current state of affairs, quite often it refers to a general situation which causes the emotion. My enjoyment of the movie was considerably impaired by the seven-foot guy sitting in front of me. Smithers <m>takes</m> great pleasure in collecting matchboxes. Sergio <m>derives</m> great pleasure from smoking. Smoking <ment>gives</ment> me extreme pleasure. With certain verbs, the Circumstances can be expressed in a finite clausal or wh- complement which may optionally be preceded by a Null NP Object: I hate it when you do that. Note: This is not how it is currently tagged.
The words in this frame describe an Experiencer's emotions with respect to some Content. A Reason for the emotion may also be expressed. Although the Content may refer to an actual, current state of affairs, quite often it refers to a general situation which causes the emotion. My enjoyment of the movie was considerably impaired by the seven-foot guy sitting in front of me. Smithers takes great pleasure in collecting matchboxes. Sergio derives great pleasure from smoking. Smoking gives me extreme pleasure. With certain verbs, the Circumstances can be expressed in a finite clausal or wh- complement which may optionally be preceded by a Null NP Object: I hate it when you do that. Note: This is not how it is currently tagged.
<def-root>The words in this frame describe an <fen>Experiencer</fen>'s emotions with respect to some <fen>Content</fen>. A <fen>Reason</fen> for the emotion may also be expressed. Although the <fen>Content</fen> may refer to an actual, current state of affairs, quite often it refers to a general situation which causes the emotion. <ex> <fex name="Experiencer">My</fex> <t>enjoyment</t> <fex name="Content">of the movie</fex> was considerably impaired by the seven-foot guy sitting in front of me. </ex> <ex> <fex name="Experiencer">Smithers</fex> <m>takes</m> <fex name="Degree">great</fex> <t>pleasure</t> <fex name="Content">in collecting matchboxes</fex>.</ex> <ex> <fex name="Experiencer">Sergio</fex> <m>derives</m> <fex name="Degree">great</fex> <t>pleasure</t> <fex name="Content">from smoking</fex>.</ex> <ex> Smoking <ment>gives</ment> <fex name="Experiencer">me</fex> <fex name="Degree">extreme</fex> <t>pleasure</t>.</ex> With certain verbs, the <fen>Circumstances</fen> can be expressed in a finite clausal or wh- complement which may optionally be preceded by a Null NP Object: <ex><fex name="Experiencer">I</fex> <t>hate</t> it <fex name="Circumstances">when you do that</fex>.</ex> Note: This is not how it is currently tagged. </def-root>