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Make_acquaintance [agentive]
Individuals first encounter each other and make introductions at a particular Time, Place, or Context. The Individuals may have known of each other before making introductions. The Individuals may be separately construed as Individual_1 and Individual_2. In some cases, there is a Explanation of the circumstances which lead to the Individuals' meeting.
Impressed when he|ind1 first met Nixon|ind2, he had always thought of him as an intelligent man, and believed that Nixon would take a stand for civil rights
We|ind1 met each other|ind2 in the university|pla, worked in the same city and came to KSU together!
Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton|inds first met in Naples|pla in September 1793|tim
Her name was Jenny and I|ind1 met her|ind2 through an online dating service|int.
Impressed when he|ind1 first met Nixon|ind2, he had always thought of him as an intelligent man, and believed that Nixon would take a stand for civil rights
We|ind1 met each other|ind2 in the university|pla, worked in the same city and came to KSU together!
Horatio Nelson and Emma Hamilton|inds first met in Naples|pla in September 1793|tim
Her name was Jenny and I|ind1 met her|ind2 through an online dating service|int.
Properties
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- #1085
- Entry
- frm_make_acquaintance
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Make_acquaintance (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Make_acquaintance
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Individuals |
The persons (or in rare cases animals) that make each other's acquaintance.
My wife and I|inds met in college working in the theatre and we will have been married for 30 years in June 2000. |
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sentient
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| Individual_1 |
The semantically more prominent one of the two parties when the Individuals are realized separately.
Melissa Hurley|ind1 had never met her neighbor, Richard Congdon ? the dog owner ? until recently, when she and a reporter knocked on his door. |
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sentient
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| Individual_2 |
The semantically less prominent of the two parties when the Individuals are expressed separately.
Gossip reports say she either met Kennedy|ind2 while helping him shop for suits at Calvin Klein, or was contacted by him after he saw her jogging in a New York park |
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sentient
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Individual_1
Individual_2
Individuals
Peripheral Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Context |
The Event, frequently a social occasion, during which the Individuals make each other's acquaintance.
The two first met at a lecture|con in 1851. |
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| Place |
The location where the Individuals make each others acquaintance.
Bill met his wife in Poltava, Ukraine|pla. |
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locative_relation
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| Time |
The time when the Individuals make each other's acquaintance.
I met my wife 2 yrs ago|tim. |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action. The depicted state does not necessarily or usually facilitate or cause the state of affairs reported by the target.
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| Explanation |
The state of affairs that leads to the Individuals' making each other's acquaintance.
No, I met him because he was also the teacher for the special science fiction class|exp. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Intermediary |
A person or social group that connects both of the Individuals, with a group member typically introducing the Individuals to each other.
Let's call her Gretchen. I "met" her through a mutual friend (the same fellow who has wanted me to write this column for the past couple years)|int. |
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sentient
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| Iterations |
The frame element Iterations is used for expressions that indicate the number of times an event or state (of the kind denoted by the target in its clause) has taken place or held.
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| Particular_iteration |
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (2)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| make acquaintance.x | — | FN: first meet |
| meet.v | — | COD: make the acquaintance of for the first time |
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