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Exchange_currency [agentive]
A Money_owner exchanges Sum_1 in the Source_currency for Sum_2 in the Target_currency at some Exchange_service.
After checking into the Intourist-operated $30-a-day Hotel Zerafshon, we each exchanged $50|sm1 for Uzbek currency with a shifty loiterer|exs in the lobby at the rate|exr .
We|mon recently|tim exchanged $100|sm1 for £64.00 UK pounds|sm2.
If he|mon exchanged the money|sm1 into Deutsch-marks|tar, his 18 marks in Germany can just barely obtain four Big Macs.
He said the most crucial evidence was that of former police reservist, Simo Petersen-Jessen,
now in Australia, who|mon had converted the money|sm1 into rands|tar.
After checking into the Intourist-operated $30-a-day Hotel Zerafshon, we each exchanged $50|sm1 for Uzbek currency with a shifty loiterer|exs in the lobby at the rate|exr .
We|mon recently|tim exchanged $100|sm1 for £64.00 UK pounds|sm2.
If he|mon exchanged the money|sm1 into Deutsch-marks|tar, his 18 marks in Germany can just barely obtain four Big Macs.
He said the most crucial evidence was that of former police reservist, Simo Petersen-Jessen,
now in Australia, who|mon had converted the money|sm1 into rands|tar.
Properties
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- #1184
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- frm_exchange_currency
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- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Exchange_currency (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Exchange_currency
Core Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Money |
Currency that is being exchanged by the Money_owner.
I exchanged $1000 of my money at the bank|exs. |
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| Money_owner |
The person who exchanges Sum_1 for Sum_2.
Kornfeldt|mon hurried through customs, grabbed a city map at a tourist information desk, changed $40 USD into about 300 Hong Kong dollars before leaving the airport |
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sentient
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| Source_currency |
The kind of currency of the Money_owner has before the exchange.
We stopped at a bank were we exchanged Euros|src for Danish money. |
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| Sum_1 |
An amount of money in the Source_currency that the Money_owner exchanges for an amount in the Target_currency.
I said forget it and just exchanged $40 US cash|sm1 into $47 and change in Canadian. |
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| Sum_2 |
The amount of money in the Target_currency that the Money_owner receives in exchange for Sum_1.
On the bus we exchanged $50 for 1410 rubles|sm2. |
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| Target_currency |
The kind of currency that the Money_owner receives as part of the exchange.
We had exchanged $100 into francs|tar in LAX to be able to pay for the cab ride upon arrival. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
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Source_currency
Sum_1
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Sum_2
Target_currency
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Exchange_rate |
I exchanged $100 in $20 bills at an exchange rate of 24.4 to 1|exr. |
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| Exchange_service |
The individual or institution which changes the Money_owner's money into the Target_currency.
Bill exchanged $100 at a bank|exs, before hitting the bike path for Krems. |
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| Manner |
Any description of the exchange event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of the Money_owner that also affect the action (deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
He carefully|man exchanged his dollars for roubles. |
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manner
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| Means |
The action of the Money_owner whereby the exchange is acheived.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
The location where the money is exchanged.
I exchanged $100 in Croatia|pla because i needed a round trip bus ticket to sarajevo. |
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The action that the Money_owner is attempting to accomplish with the exchange.
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The time when the currency is exchanged.
We walked around Eyre Square and exchanged money before walking into Taaffes pub and grabbing my first draught pint of Guinness of the trip|tim. |
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time
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Inheritance
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Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| change.v | — | FN: to exchange into another currency |
| convert.v | — | COD: change (money, stocks, or units in which a quantity is expressed) into others of a different kind. |
| exchange.v | — | FN: to have money in one currency replaced with money in another |
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