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Imprisonment [agentive]
The Authorities put a Prisoner in Prison as punishment for an Offense.
US Drug Researcher|pri Imprisoned for FDA Fraud|off.
Men will be more likely to be put away for murder rather than manslaughter|con for killing their wives|off.
However, any treatments may be years in the future and in the meantime, criminals|pri will continue to be imprisoned for public safety|pur.
The government|aut wrongfully imprisoned them|pri in ?detention centers?|jai (a nice term
for concentration camps), tortured them mentally and physically
US Drug Researcher|pri Imprisoned for FDA Fraud|off.
Men will be more likely to be put away for murder rather than manslaughter|con for killing their wives|off.
However, any treatments may be years in the future and in the meantime, criminals|pri will continue to be imprisoned for public safety|pur.
The government|aut wrongfully imprisoned them|pri in ?detention centers?|jai (a nice term
for concentration camps), tortured them mentally and physically
Properties
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- frm_imprisonment
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Imprisonment (fn_1.7_2023)
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- English name
- Imprisonment
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Authorities |
The Authorities are the institution or actors carrying out the imprisonment.
When she returned, the Chaoyang Town government authorities|aut imprisoned her for 5 days. |
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sentient
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| Prison |
The Prison within which the Prisoner comes to be confined.
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goal
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| Prisoner |
The person who is confined in a penal institution.
Man|pri Falsely Imprisoned for 24 Years Seeks Damages |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Duration |
This FE identifies the Duration of time for which the Authorities maintains the confinement of the Prisoner.
Enforcement officers caught up with Irma and imprisoned her for two weeks|dur. |
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duration
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| Manner |
Any description of the imprisoning event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously) and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Authorities that affect the action (ruthlessly).
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manner
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| Means |
An intentional action performed by the Authorities that brings about the imprisonment.
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state_of_affairs
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| Offense |
The action that the Prisoner is being punished for.
After all, Dowdy was not imprisoned for taking a bribe or even thinking about taking a bribe, but rather for committing perjury against two government witnesses who themselves eventually were imprisoned for defrauding the government|off. |
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the Prisoner is kept.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The purpose of the imprisonment.
City officials later release the blacks and say they imprisoned them in order to protect them from rioters|pur. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The time when the imprisonment happens.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Conviction |
The legal classification which characterizes the Offense.
Alf leader is Imprisoned for Arson and Burglary|con. |
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| Explanation |
The act or state of affairs that the Authorities respond to by imprisoning the Prisoner.
Though both of my grandparents were born in Canada and grew up speaking English and never had been to Japan, during the Second World War, the Canadian government imprisoned them because of their Japanese genes. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Iterations |
Iterations marks expressions that indicate the number of times the Prisoner was imprisoned.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (8)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| imprison.v | — | COD: put or keep in prison |
| imprisonment.n | — | FN: the act of confining, or the state of being confined or confining |
| incarcerate.v | — | COD: imprison or confine. |
| incarceration.n | — | FN: the act of putting (a criminal) in prison. |
| jail.v | — | COD: put (someone) in jail. |
| life.n | — | FN: a prisoner is sentenced to spend the remainder of their natural life incarcarated; occurs with a limited set of collocational verbs (e.g. do, serve, etc.) |
| put away.v | — | COD: confine someone in a prison |
| time.n | — | FN: the period in which one must remain incarcarated for an offense. |
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