Abstract: Frame theory is different from the figure/ground theory which focuses only on the figure and ground of sentences in that it focuses its attention on the semantics of verbs belonging to the same frame.It also differs from the base/profile theory which separately deals with the problems on different levels in cognitive process in that it has a unitary view of syntax.And last,the range of its concern is larger,with indirect object and adverbials included,than the prominence theory which is only concerned with ...