FrameNet is an English-based lexical database that shows how words are used by providing information as to which participants and relations are evoked by a certain concept. Recent efforts toward a multilingual FrameNet have not targeted either ancient languages or different historical stages of the same language. In our paper we propose creating a multilingual FrameNet for Ancient Indo-European languages starting with a set of 80 verb meanings annotated in the Pavia Verb Database. Our pilot study includes four verb meanings: RAIN, THUNDER, SEE, LOOK AT. As the adequacy of the semantic frames developed for English turns out not to be appropriate for the languages in our sample, we propose two new frames that can account for the analyzed data.
Toward a multilingual FrameNet of ancient Indo-European Languages
Silvia Luraghi;Chiara Zanchi
;Luca Brigada Villa
2026-01-01
Abstract
FrameNet is an English-based lexical database that shows how words are used by providing information as to which participants and relations are evoked by a certain concept. Recent efforts toward a multilingual FrameNet have not targeted either ancient languages or different historical stages of the same language. In our paper we propose creating a multilingual FrameNet for Ancient Indo-European languages starting with a set of 80 verb meanings annotated in the Pavia Verb Database. Our pilot study includes four verb meanings: RAIN, THUNDER, SEE, LOOK AT. As the adequacy of the semantic frames developed for English turns out not to be appropriate for the languages in our sample, we propose two new frames that can account for the analyzed data.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
