Experiencer_focus

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.