Manipulation

The words in this frame describe the manipulation of an Entity by an Agent. Generally, this implies that the Entity is not deeply or permanently physically affected, nor is it overall moved from one place to another. Ian squeezed Mara's hand. A number of lexemes listed in this frame also occur in the Cause_motion frame (for example, push, yank). Only the non-motion uses of these words belong in this frame, e.g., combinations such as push at, push on, yank at.