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Piracy [agentive]
The words in this frame describe situations in which a Perpetrator forcibly seizes control over a Victim's Vehicle to gain some end.
French farmers|Perp have hijacked a lorry and destroyed its load of strawberries.
But attackers|Perp have hijacked cars waiting at traffic lights and road junctions by simply opening the passenger door, jumping in and forcing the driver to a more deserted area.
French farmers|Perp have hijacked a lorry and destroyed its load of strawberries.
But attackers|Perp have hijacked cars waiting at traffic lights and road junctions by simply opening the passenger door, jumping in and forcing the driver to a more deserted area.
Properties
- ID
- #123
- Entry
- frm_piracy
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Piracy (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Piracy
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Perpetrator |
This is the person (or other agent) who forcibly seizes control over a vehicle to gain some end.
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sentient
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| Vehicle |
This is the means of transportation which gets under the control of the perpetrator. Example: The terrorists hijacked the plane.
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| Victim |
This FE describes the people that are suffering as a result of the Perpetrator's action.
The rebels skyjacked a plane with 89 passangers. |
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sentient
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Vehicle
Victim
Peripheral Frame Elements (11)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
Degree to which event occurs
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degree
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| Duration |
The amount of time for which a state holds or a process is ongoing.
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duration
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| Event |
The unlawful seizure of a Vehicle by a Perpetrator.
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state_of_affairs
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| Goal |
This is the place to which the vehicle is directed.
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goal
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| Instrument |
An object that the Perpetrator uses in taking control of the Vehicle.
The plane was hijacked with knives |
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physical_entity
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| Manner |
Manner of performing an action
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manner
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| Means |
An act performed by the Perpetrator by which the seizure of the Vehicle is accomplished.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The action that the Perpetrator is trying to accomplish by piracy.
We have hijacked this plane just to show how easy it is. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Source |
This is the place from which the vehicle is taken away.
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source
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| Time |
When the event occurs.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Explanation |
The situation that the Perpetrator had in mind which lead to the decision to perpetrate the particular act of piracy.
He carjacked the Lincoln Towncar instead because it looked ritzier|exp. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Frequency |
The number of times that the Vehicle is seized in acts of piracy.
The ferry that Kenneth was on was hijacked twice in three days |
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (8)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| carjack.v | — | FN: steal someone's car while they are driving it. |
| carjacking.n | — | COD: the action of stealing a car after violently ejecting its driver. |
| hijack.v | — | COD: illegally seize control of (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit. |
| hijacked.a | — | FN: having been illegally seized (as an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit |
| hijacker.n | — | FN: one who illegally seizes control of (an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit |
| hijacking.n | — | FN: the act or instance of being illegally seized (as an aircraft, ship, or vehicle) while in transit |
| piracy.n | — | COD: the practice of attacking and robbing ships at sea, or a similar practice in other contexts, especially hijacking. |
| pirate.v | — | COD: rob or plunder (a ship). |
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