dramaticFunction

P20800
predicate

Indicates the role or purpose that something serves within the structure or progression of a dramatic work or narrative.

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All labels observed (15)

Label Occurrences
dramaticFunction canonical 1,476
hasDramaticFunction 45
dramaticPurpose 38

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: dramaticFunction
Generated description
Indicates the role or purpose that something serves within the structure or progression of a dramatic work or narrative.

Sample triples (1,647)

Subject Object
I Can Do Better Than That turning point in relationship ⓘ
If I Were a Rich Man character development ⓘ
If I Were a Rich Man expression of Tevye’s fantasies about wealth ⓘ
Sunrise, Sunset underscores the wedding scene in Fiddler on the Roof ⓘ
Do You Love Me? character development ⓘ
Do You Love Me? exploration of marriage ⓘ
Superstar Judas’s final confrontation with Jesus ⓘ
Superstar commentary on celebrity and religion ⓘ
Heaven on Their Minds establishes Judas as central narrator ⓘ
Heaven on Their Minds sets political and moral conflict of the musical ⓘ
Hosanna depicts popular acclaim for Jesus ⓘ
Hosanna contrasts crowd enthusiasm with priestly concern ⓘ
Sergeant Waters catalyst for investigation in the plot ⓘ
Recha to connect Jewish, Christian, and Muslim characters ⓘ
George Lewis drives much of the play's humor ⓘ
George Lewis embodies chaos caused by new technology in film ⓘ
The Lusty Month of May character development for Guenevere ⓘ
The Lusty Month of May establishing the lighthearted atmosphere of the court ⓘ
How to Handle a Woman character development for King Arthur ⓘ
How to Handle a Woman expression of Arthur’s philosophy on love ⓘ
I Loved You Once in Silence character development for Guinevere ⓘ
I Loved You Once in Silence expresses Guinevere's inner turmoil ⓘ
My Man’s Gone Now lament ⓘ
George Antrobus comic figure ⓘ
George Antrobus tragic figure ⓘ
George Antrobus didactic figure ⓘ
Act II
surface form: Act II (The Skin of Our Teeth)
middle section of the play ⓘ
Act II
surface form: Act II (The Skin of Our Teeth)
development of central conflicts ⓘ
Henry Antrobus source of conflict within the Antrobus family ⓘ
Henry Antrobus embodiment of humanity’s destructive side ⓘ
Esther Blodgett husband Norman Maine’s decline and death via predicate surface "tragicElement" ⓘ
Artaserse serious opera via predicate surface "dramaticType" ⓘ
La Dame aux Camélias (stage role) title role of the play La Dame aux Camélias ⓘ
Francesca da Rimini (stage role) star vehicle for leading actresses ⓘ
Pizarro embodiment of political tyranny ⓘ
Pizarro catalyst for Leonore’s heroism ⓘ
Marzelline comic relief via predicate surface "hasDramaticFunction" ⓘ
Marzelline romantic subplot via predicate surface "hasDramaticFunction" ⓘ
Jaquino contrasts with the serious political plot ⓘ
Jaquino illustrates everyday life in the prison household ⓘ
Prisoners’ Chorus "O welche Lust" expression of prisoners’ brief experience of freedom ⓘ
Prisoners’ Chorus "O welche Lust" contrast with the darkness of imprisonment ⓘ
Rocco moral barometer within the prison ⓘ
Rocco comic and humane element in early scenes ⓘ
Plutus didactic comedy via predicate surface "dramaticType" ⓘ
expedition company "Himalayan Escapes"
surface form: Himalayan Escapes
explains why guests are traveling into the mountains via predicate surface "diegeticFunction" ⓘ
Anne Page romantic heroine ⓘ
Anne Page focus of competing suitors ⓘ
Doctor Caius comic relief ⓘ
Doctor Caius satire of foreigners ⓘ