Manner

A Manner describes general or specific characteristics of an event in one of three ways: First, it can refer to how a Comparison_event transpires, absent the influence of an entity (e.g. "the way you talk"). Second, it can refer to how a Salient_entity conducts, performs, or otherwise participates in a Comparison_activity (e.g. "her manner of speaking"). Thirdly, the Manner can describe a Foreground_event by relating the Foreground_event to a Manner_descriptor (e.g. "written (in) a silly way", "written the way I do"). He completed the task in a fervent manner. I love the smooth way that you talk. Paul played soccer in a way that reminded me of my brother's playing. Much about a person can be determined from the manner one eats their meals. His way of addressing people isquite rude. This frame is unusual in requiring a modifying relative clause for the FE Comparison_event, and also allowing a relative clause to serve as a Manner_descriptor. The LU way.n, when definite, may be modified by a relative clause meaning "in the same manner that..."; the relative clause in such cases is annotated as Comparison_event: I did it the way she did.