Distributed_position

This frame involves a static (primarily spatial) relationship between a Location and a Theme, in which the Theme is located in many or all subregions of the Location, and is thus construable as covering it. The Time when the covering configuration holds, and the Subregion of the Location that is involved may, optionally, be indicated. By Summer, weeds dotted the field . The papers around my office were too messy . Prepositional and verb targets of this frame differ in the ways they can participate in forming sentences; one of the most important differences is that prepositions may modify the entire sentence to describe the event (the Theme) as distributed over the Location. Puddles were rippling all over the roof . Some members of this frame specifically indicate that the configuration is attractive or unattractive; this is indicated by the semantic types Positive_judgement and Negative_judgement respectively. Some of the non-verb LUs of the frame (esp. around.prep) refer to multiple possible positions that might be occupied by a single Theme, often accompanied by "somewhere": I hope my wallet is around here (somewhere) . These same LUs may refer a vague sequence of locations occupied by a single Theme: I kept walking around my apartment . All or virtually all of the verbs used statically in this frame can also occur in the frame Filling, producing pairs such as the following: Filling: Pat covered the table with flowers. Distributed_position: Flowers covered the table. Please note: adorned, covered, etc are in the Abounding_with frame because of the point of view shift. The tree was studded all over with soft dark fruit.