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Adopt_selection [agentive]
An Agent has an Attribute which can take different Values, and the Agent selects and then begins to use some Value for that Attribute. The Attribute includes both physical (shape, color) and abstract (belief, practice) types. For some LUs in this frame, it is common for only the Value to be expressed, with the Attribute implicit. (Often this implicit attribute can be given second-layer expression on the Value. Note that such second-layer annotation should be assumed in the first two examples below.)
They|age scoff at their opponents and assume an air of superior knowledge|val
There are times when teachers|age should adopt a neutral stance|val in discussion of morally controversial issues.
A person does not have to make the statement "I|age adopt this|val as my position|att" to do so.
They|age scoff at their opponents and assume an air of superior knowledge|val
There are times when teachers|age should adopt a neutral stance|val in discussion of morally controversial issues.
A person does not have to make the statement "I|age adopt this|val as my position|att" to do so.
Properties
- ID
- #1590
- Entry
- frm_adopt_selection
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Adopt_selection (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Adopt_selection
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent selects a Value for his/her Attribute and begins to use it.
Some organizations, like the Sierra Club|age, have adopted a position of neutrality on US immigration policies. |
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human
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| Attribute |
The Attribute of the Agent can take on several Values, selected by the Agent . The Council of Constance (1414-18) adopted conciliarism as a stance|att, hoping that it would permit the election of a pope acceptable to both Catholic factions.
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| Value |
The Value, chosen and made effective by the Agent, specifies the Attribute.
He crammed his cap back again into his pocket and re-entered the office, assuming an air of absentmindedness|val. |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Instrument |
The instument through which an Agent adopts a Value for an Attribute.
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| Manner |
A description of the adoption of a position which is not classified under more specific descriptions, including comparisons to other events (similarly), rates of adoption (slowly), and descriptions of the Agent which also influence the action (eagerly).
Israel has reluctantly|man adopted a non-violent defensive measure to protect its citizens from death. |
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manner
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| Means |
The Means by which an Agent adopts a Value for an Attribute.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
This FE identifies the Place where the Agent has the Attribute which can take different Value.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
This FE identifies the Purpose for which an Agent adopts the Value of the Attribute.
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The time period when the Agent selects and begins to put into effect the Value.
On January 1, 2001|tim, our nation will adopt the US dollar as our official currency. |
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (11)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Circumstances |
Circumstances describe the state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the event itself and any of its participants.
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| Communicative_force |
This FE indicates the Communicative_force|Cf or authority with which the target operates (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.). This may or may not reflect the actual reality of the state of affairs.
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| Containing_event |
This FE denotes an event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at a time that includes the time during which the event or state of affairs reported by the target occurs and of which it is taken to be a part.
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| Depictive |
This FE describes a participant of the state of affairs introduced by the target as being in some state during the action.
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| Duration |
Duration denotes the length of time from the beginning of a continuous situation (the one denoted by the target) to its end. In many cases, the continuous situation is a dynamic action which is ongoing, while in others it is simply an undifferentiated state.
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duration
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| Event_description |
In general, this FE is used for phrases that describe the clause of the target as a whole.
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| Explanation |
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the main clause (headed by the target) logically follows. This often means that the Explanation causes the target's proposition, but not in all cases.
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state_of_affairs
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| Frequency |
This frame element is defined as the number of times an event occurs per some unit of time. A Frequency expression answers the question how often.
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| Particular_iteration |
Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states.
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| Re-encoding |
This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame.
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| Role |
This FE identifies the role filled by a particular participant of the clause headed by the target. In so doing, it relates the state of affairs evoked by the target to another background state of affairs by indicating that one of the role fillers of the current frame also fills a second kind of role in the background, either generically or in some specific instance.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
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Lexical Units (3)
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