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Protecting [agentive]

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Some Protection prevents a Danger from harming an Asset.

The rubber on her sneakers protected her from the mud.

The coral reefs shielded the coastline from the worst of the waves.

A growing number of sustainable farmers are preserving agricultural variety and protecting biodiversity by raising ?heritage? or ?heirloom? varieties.

The man responsible for this entire ordeal cowardly shielded himself from justice with the little boy's struggling body.

Properties

ID
#1631
Entry
frm_protecting
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Protecting (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Protecting

Core Frame Elements (3)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Asset
Something desirable possessed by or directly associated with the Protection which might be lost or damaged.

Almost 10 years later, that agreement insulated Microsoft from liability on copyright claims over the graphical user interface (GUI).
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Danger
A situation that could damage the Asset.


Other nations tended to muffle or modulate their occasional annoyance with the
country that was their shield against the Soviet threat.
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Protection
The person, entity, or action that prevents harm to an Asset.

The tabloid's deal with the woman|pro shielded Schwarzenegger.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Instrument
An entity directed by a volitional agent acting as a Protection which interacts with an undergoer to accomplish the security of the Asset from harm by the Danger.

Your Brake Pads Parts order is encrypted and safeguarded with the latest
SSL technology|ins for a protected and secure shopping experience!
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Manner
Any description of the protecting event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In cases of agentive Protection, it may indicate salient characteristics of an agent that also affect the action (carefully).

Finally, I thank all of the curators of all of the museums around the world who
have carefully|man protected the Ivory-billed specimens in their care.
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manner
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Means
An event involving the Protection that removes the Asset from potential harm through the Danger.

Jackson secured the flank by timely charging the enemy and driving him back|mea.
category
state_of_affairs
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Place
The place where the Danger threatened the Asset.



To make his way on a foreign soil, he needed different guardians from those that protected him in his own birthplace .
category
locative_relation
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Time
The time when the Danger threatens.

Regardless of the distribution media, USPTO information is safeguarded before, during, and after dissemination from improper access and modification.
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (7)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Beneficiary
FN: This extra-thematic FE applies to participants that derive a benefit from the protecting event.
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Degree
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
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Depictive
FN: 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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Descriptor
A description or characteristic of the Protection.
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Duration
FN: This FE denotes the length of time in which the Asset is protected.
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Event_description
Tthis FE is used for phrases that describe the protecting event as a whole. It applies to appraisals of the event, typically a judgment of its expectedness. The notion of appraisal requires a factive portrayal of the event.
It also applies to descriptions of the protecting event as a role filler in another frame.

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Explanation
The Explanation denotes a proposition from which the act of protecting logically follows.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Using

Using relations
Is used by
Armor
FE-FE
Uses
Run_risk
FE-FE

Lexical Units (14)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
bulwark.n โ€” FN: a strong support or protection
cover.n โ€” FN: protection, often from attack from above.
guard.v โ€” FN: to keep watch over some asset
insulate.v โ€” COD: protect from something unpleasant.
protect.v โ€” COD: keep safe from harm or injury.
protection.n โ€” COD: the action or state of protecting or being protected.
protection.n โ€” COD: a person or thing that protects.
safeguard.n โ€” COD: a measure taken to protect or prevent something.
safeguard.v โ€” COD: protect with a safeguard.
secure.v โ€” COD: protect against threats
shelter.n โ€” FN: a shield against something harmful.
shelter.v โ€” FN: give protection to.
shield.n โ€” COD: a person or thing providing protection
shield.v โ€” COD: protect from a danger, risk, etc.
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