Causation_scenario

A Cause brings about an Effect that would not have occurred otherwise, simultaneously preventing an Averted_situation, which is what would have occurred without the Cause. The Effect and the Averted_situation are thus mutually exclusive alternatives prior to the Cause event. In most cases, either the Effect or the Averted_situation is clearly most prominent; this is especially true in the case where the Cause is the action of an Agent, who normally conceives of their action as either bringing about a desirable Effect or avoiding an undesirable Averted_situation. In frames that inherit from this one, the Cause is either an event, or an entity that plans or directly causes the Effect may metonymically stand in for the Cause event.