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Searching frames
Scouring [agentive]
A Searcher looks all over a Ground in order to find a Sought_entity. The Sought_entity is not presupposed to exist. The search activity is not concerned with the state of the Ground, which is the case in the Inspecting frame, but only with the finding of the Sought_entity, which is desirable.
The newcomers|sea combed the area|gro looking for minerals
Scientists|sea scoured the ice samples|gro for signs of life|sou.
Mulder|sea rummaged through his toilet kit|gro for a plastic razor|sou.
The newcomers|sea combed the area|gro looking for minerals
Scientists|sea scoured the ice samples|gro for signs of life|sou.
Mulder|sea rummaged through his toilet kit|gro for a plastic razor|sou.
Properties
- ID
- #1263
- Entry
- frm_scouring
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Scouring (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Scouring
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Ground |
The location that the Searcher covers in looking for the Sought_entity.
I had never really seen much on the bigfoot subject or I would have scoured the area|gro for signs and looked for droppings |
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| Searcher |
The person who is looking all over the Ground for the Sought_entity.
They|sea first gained entry into the house of Raja Rao, who resides on the ground floor and ransacked the house for valuables. |
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sentient
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| Sought_entity |
The entity that the Searcher wants to find.
Coast Guard and Navy ships and aircraft combed the area for the six aircraft|sou |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which the Searcher scrutinizes the Ground.
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degree
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| Duration |
This FE specifies the length of the interval during which the scouring activtiy takes place.
He combed the area for hours|dur that night looking for the dogs and has been searching ever since. |
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duration
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| Instrument |
An entity manipulated by the Searcher to examine the Ground.
They scoured the entire beach with a metal detector|ins, but found nothing. |
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which the Searcher scrutinizes the Ground.
We carefully|man scoured the road for what damaged all of those tires and we finally found it- a piece of nasty, barbed wire, laying across the road. |
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manner
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| Means |
The action of the Searcher that allows them to search the Ground.
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state_of_affairs
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| Purpose |
The state-of-affairs that the Searcher hopes to bring about by searching a Ground.
We scoured the entire book to find this supposed evidence|pur. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The Time when the Searcher scoures the Ground.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (8)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| comb.v | — | COD: search carefully and systematically. |
| ransack.v | — | COD: thoroughly search. |
| rifle.v | — | FN: search thoroughly and vigorously. |
| rummage.v | — | FN: to make a thorough but untidy search through |
| scour.v | — | FN: search an area |
| sift.v | — | COD: examine thoroughly so as to isolate that which is important or useful. |
| sweep.n | — | FN: an act of searching (an area) for something. |
| sweep.v | — | COD: search or survey (an area) for something. |
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None.
No visual units
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