The FrameNet XML format for frames frames.xml

A frame description in frames.xml consists of:

• frame name
• frame definition, arbitrary text
• a description of each FE, consisting of:
  • name,
  • coreness type (core, extrathematic, peripheral)
  • definition, arbitrary text
  • optionally, a list of semantic types
• a description for each lexical unit, consisting of:
  • name and part of speech,
  • a definition, arbitrary text
  • annotation counts
  • the lexeme with name and part of speech (no idea how this differs from the lexical unit itself)
  • optionally, a list of semantic types
• optionally, a list of semantic types.

Figure 13: XML structure of the FrameNet frame description

Figure 13 shows a sketch of the XML structure, Figure 14 shows an extract of the frames.xml file.

Figure 14: Parts from the definition of frame SEEKING (from file frames.xml).