Trace Frames

Narrative theory distinguishes between frame types such as (Fludernik, McHale, Nelles, Wolf):

•    Introductory framing (missing end frame) [— — — — — — — — — -

•    Terminal framing (missing opening frame) — — — — — — — — — -]

•    [— — — — — — — — — -]

•    Interpolated framing [— -[ ]— -[ ]— — -]

At the level of the software trace or an adjoint thread (Volume 5, page 283) as a whole the first three types correspond to various types of the pattern Trace Partition (Volume 5, page 299) where certain parts are missing such as Head, Prologue, Core, Epilogue, or Tail. The first two types can also be instances of Truncated Trace pattern (Volume 5, page 301). Interpolated framing can be an instance of multiple discontinuities (Volume 4, page 341). All 4 types also correspond to foreground component messages (Volume 5, page 287) and in general we have multiple Trace Frames as depicted: