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Seeking_to_achieve [agentive]
An Agent intends and takes steps towards bringing about a State_of_affairs or, metonymically, towards acquiring a Sought_entity .
Libya|age sought nuclear weapons|sou in the 1960s.
North Korea|age sought several billion dollars in cash from the US|sou during bilateral missile talks.
The talks in Berlin ended without agreement after Bora Bora|age sought to link large-scale economic assistance to joint recovery operations|soa.
India had sought her extradition|soa for forging documents to procure a passport|exp.
Libya|age sought nuclear weapons|sou in the 1960s.
North Korea|age sought several billion dollars in cash from the US|sou during bilateral missile talks.
The talks in Berlin ended without agreement after Bora Bora|age sought to link large-scale economic assistance to joint recovery operations|soa.
India had sought her extradition|soa for forging documents to procure a passport|exp.
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- #1480
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- frm_seeking_to_achieve
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- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Seeking_to_achieve (fn_1.7_2023)
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- Seeking_to_achieve
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent makes an attempt to achieve a State_of_affairs or to obtain a Sought_entity.
Those states|age sought a remedy that would substantially change the company's business practices. |
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sentient
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| Sought_entity |
The entity that the Agent attempts to acquire.
Or the monstrous Saddam, who filled mass graves to bursting, invaded two neighboring countries, and avidly sought weapons of mass destruction|sou. |
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goal
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| State_of_affairs |
A state or event that the Agent wants to bring about. The Agent may but need not be a participant in that State_of_affairs.
His enemies sought his destruction|soa. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Sought_entity
State_of_affairs
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
This FE identifies the amount of effort put into an attempt.
He also sought intensely|Degr to know more of Christ. |
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degree
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| Manner |
The Manner in which the Agent makes the attempt.
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manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which an attempt at achieving a State_of_affairs or at acquiring the Sought_entity is made.
Agassi sought relief by taking Advil. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Outcome |
The Outcome is the failure or success of an attempt to acquire a Sought_entity.
WWDA also successfully|out sought funding from Office of the Status of Women |
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| Place |
The place where the Agent is seeking to achieve a particular State_of_affairs or to acquire a Sought_entity.
The disclosure came as prosecutors successfully sought in federal court to keep Luise Garofalo behind bars. |
category
locative_relation
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| Purpose |
An action that the Agent intends to accomplish by bringing about a particular State_of_affairs or acquiring the Sought_entity.
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goal
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| Time |
This FE identifies the Time when the attempt occurs.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Beneficiary |
This FE applies to participants that derive a benefit from the Sought_entity or State_of_affairs .
Jed sought the world's largest diamond for his Jeda . |
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| Circumstances |
This FE introduces the underlying situation(s) in which seeking occurs.
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| Depictive |
The Depictive is a phrase which describes the Agent.
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| Duration |
The time period over which the attempts at achieving a State_of_affairs or acquiring the Sought_entity take place.
Finally the peace I've sought for years! |
category
duration
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| Explanation |
A proposition from which the occurrence of the seeking event follows.
About 6% of all abortions are sought because either the woman or fetus has medical reasons|exp. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Source |
An individual or organization that helps the Agent bring about the State_of_affairs or delivers the Sought_entity to the Agent.
He has lain that way ever since and has given power to all who sought it from him|src. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)
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