diff --git a/utils/well_formed_formula.py b/utils/well_formed_formula.py
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+
+from evaluator import from_srl_string_to_obj
+
+
+acceptable_frames = {
+    "MOTION": [ "GOAL", "THEME", "DIRECTION", "PATH", "MANNER", "AREA", "DISTANCE","SOURCE" ],
+    "BRINGING": [ "THEME", "GOAL", "BENEFICIARY", "AGENT", "SOURCE", "MANNER", "AREA"],
+    "COTHEME": [ "COTHEME", "MANNER", "GOAL", "THEME", "SPEED", "PATH", "AREA" ],
+    "LOCATING": [ "PHENOMENON", "GROUND", "COGNIZER", "PURPOSE", "MANNER" ],
+    "INSPECTING": [ "GROUND", "DESIRED_STATE", "INSPECTOR", "UNWANTED_ENTITY" ],
+    "TAKING": [ "THEME", "SOURCE", "AGENT", "PURPOSE" ],
+    "CHANGE_DIRECTION": [ "DIRECTION", "ANGLE", "THEME", "SPEED" ],
+    "ARRIVING": [ "GOAL", "PATH", "MANNER", "THEME" ],
+    "GIVING": [ "RECIPIENT", "THEME", "DONOR", "REASON" ],
+    "PLACING": [ "THEME", "GOAL", "AGENT", "AREA" ],
+    "CLOSURE": [ "CONTAINING_OBJECT", "CONTAINER_PORTAL", "AGENT", "DEGREE" ],
+    "BEING_LOCATED": [ "THEME", "LOCATION", "PLACE" ],
+    "CHANGE_OPERATIONAL_STATE": [ "DEVICE", "OPERATIONAL_STATE", "AGENT" ],
+    "ATTACHING": [ "GOAL", "ITEM", "ITEMS" ],
+    "RELEASING": [ "THEME", "GOAL" ],
+    "PERCEPTION_ACTIVE": [ "PHENOMENON", "MANNER" ],
+    "BEING_IN_CATEGORY": [ "ITEM", "CATEGORY" ],
+    "MANIPULATION": [ "ENTITY" ],
+}
+
+# bring the book and the journal here, both are on the table
+# BRINGING(Goal(e1, e2), Theme("here"), Agent(r1)) & BEING_LOCATED(Place(t1))
+def is_formula_well_formed(formula: str, verbose = False) -> bool:
+    object_list = from_srl_string_to_obj(formula)
+
+    for frame in object_list:
+        if frame['name'].upper() not in acceptable_frames.keys():
+            if verbose: 
+                print("FRAME " + frame['name'] + " not acceptable")
+            return False
+        for fe in frame['frameElements']:
+            if fe['name'].upper() not in acceptable_frames[frame['name'].upper()]:
+                if verbose: 
+                    print("FRAME ELEMENT" + fe['name'] + " not acceptable")
+                return False
+
+    return True
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