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Holding_off_on [mental_activity]
An Agent decides temporarily not to perform a Desirable_action or not to interact with a Salient_entity.
I have actually held off on buying some movies by WB because of those damned cases.
We held off on reporting this because, by all accounts, the young Oscar-nominee has NOT been offered the role.
This meant waiting with dinner until late. CNI
I waited with going to him and in retrospect think that that was a mistake.
I have actually held off on buying some movies by WB because of those damned cases.
We held off on reporting this because, by all accounts, the young Oscar-nominee has NOT been offered the role.
This meant waiting with dinner until late. CNI
I waited with going to him and in retrospect think that that was a mistake.
Properties
- ID
- #1576
- Entry
- frm_holding_off_on
- Namespace
- Experiential.Mental_activity
- FrameNet version
- Holding_off_on (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- English name
- Holding_off_on
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent decides not to engage in a Desirable_action for a while or not to interact with a Salient_entity. Instead, he held off on a public announcement of his decision for more than a year.
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category
sentient
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| Desirable_action |
Desirable_action identifies the event or activity in which the Agent does not engage for a while.
The board also waited with the appointment of seven members to the planning and zoning commission|Des until a policy is set regarding requirements. |
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| Salient_entity |
An entity that evokes a contextually inferrable Desirable_action that the Agent is temporarily forgoing.
I ordered the blackberry cobbler with ice cream for dessert and held off on another pint|sal as the rain kept coming down. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
Excludes
Desirable_action
Salient_entity
Peripheral Frame Elements (7)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
This FE identifies the Degree to which the temporary forgoing occurs.
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degree
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| Duration |
Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of the Agent's decision to forgo a Desirable_action to the point in time when the Agent engages in the action.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) waited with the deal for nearly five years|dur because of a dispute with the Pentagon about the avionics. |
category
duration
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| End_point |
The point in time, defined either as a clock time or in terms of an event that takes place, at which the Agent engages in the Desirable_action or interacts with the Salient_entity.
We waited on technology development until we had made instructional plans. |
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| Manner |
This FE identifies the Manner in which the temporary forgoing occurs.
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category
manner
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which the temporary forgoing occurs.
Portland General Electric, for example, has held off on retail rate increases by selling some excess power at high wholesale prices. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the temporary forgoing occurs.
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locative_relation
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| Time |
This FE identifies the interval of Time during which the the forgoing occurs.
Saskatchewan teachers are not a happy lot as they had voted for a strike in June then held off on it to give negotiations a chance during the summer. |
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Circumstances |
This FE identifies the Circumstances under which the Agent does not engage in the Desirable_action.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the Agent's decision to temporarily forgo a Desirable_action or to not interact with a Salient_entity logically follows.
Yes yes I saw them, but I waited with a reply for sometime because I wanted first to show them to my guildmates|exp. |
category
state_of_affairs
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which the temporary forgoing occurs.
We held off on taking him out so as to not disrupt the plans for the invasion of Iraq|Purp? |
category
state_of_affairs
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Frame-Frame Relations (3)
See_also
Using
Lexical Units (2)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| hold off.v | — | FN: temporarily forgo |
| wait.v | — | FN: temporarily refrain from |
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