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A Self_mover intentionally moves in a Directionon a Path relative to landmark that is neither the Source nor the Goal of the overall motion. The shape or configuration of the Path may be expressed with a Path_shape

Ambrose Powell forded over on one horse, and we drove the others after him.

We repassed the first day's battlefield and ascended the road to the city.

Jeff Manor and I climbed the North Face of Mt Shuksan, with cold, clear weather and solid ice|cir.

ID: #1642
Entry: frm_intentional_traversing
Namespace: Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version: Intentional_traversing (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Intentional_traversing

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Direction	The direction in which the Self_mover goes. We followed the trail (which is well marked with cairns) and then cut west\|dir across a grassy meadow for about 1000 feet to the crest of the nearby saddle lying below North Peak.	—	—
Goal	Any expression which indicates where the Self_mover ends up as a result of the motion expresses the frame element Goal. I'll cut across the Sahara desert up to Algeria and Morocco.	goal	—
Path	Any description of a trajectory of motion which is neither a Source nor a Goal expresses the frame element Path, excluding directional expressions: We decided to cut through the forest.	path	—
Path_shape	The configuration formed by the entire Path of the Self_mover, taken simultaneously.	—	—
Self_mover	This is a sentient being or a vehicle steered by a sentient being which moves. We drive down dusty roads, forded through a stream, and tried to get up a mountainside on a rocky road.	sentient	—
Source	Any expression which implies a definite starting-point of motion expresses the frame element Source. We forded from the island\|Src to the mainland.	source	—

CoreSet

Direction Goal Path Path_shape Source

Excludes

Goal Path Place Source

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Distance	Any expression which characterizes the extent of motion expresses the frame element Distance. He followed the coast as far as Fronteras, then cut 160 miles\|Dist across the Gulf of Mexico to the Yucatán Peninsula.	quantity	—
Duration	The length of time that the Self_mover spends in motion. We forded Cooper Cr. for several hours\|dur then built a fire to dry out gear.	duration	—
Manner	Any description of the 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). It may indicate salient characteristics of a Self_mover that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). Immediately, the monk invited her to sit on his shoulders and he carefully forded the river, depositing her on the opposite bank.	manner	—
Means	An event involving the Self_mover that results in their moving in the specified way. The enemy had forded the river by piling up the bodies of their fallen comrades in the river bed\|Mns.	human_act	—
Place	The Place is where the motion (which is specified by a Source, Path or Goal) is located. The common brook is best forded south of the hut.	locative_relation	—
Purpose	The state-of-affairs that the Self_mover wishes to bring about. I cut through the alley in order to escape my pursuers.	human_act	—
Speed	The Speed is the rate at which the Self_mover moves. Motorists once again must quickly cut across three lanes of traffic to get from Exit 7 to Exit 8.	speed	—
Time	The time at which the motion takes place. The Federal Army of the Potomac forded the river in August 1862.	time	—

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Circumstances	The state of the world (at a particular time and place) which is specifically independent of the Traversing event itself and any of its participants, and is merely peripherally related to the event as a whole. These waterways can be forded by infantry at low water\|cir, but at other times a six-foot tide makes them difficult to cross.	—	—
Co-participant	Co-participant is an entity that participates in a coordinated way in the same event as the primary protagonist, regardless of whether the protagonist, and hence the Co-participant, is more agent- or more undergoer-like. John forded the river with his cousin.	—	—
Containing_event	An event that occurs or state of affairs that holds at the time the Intentional_traversing occurs and which the Intentional_traversing is taken to be a part of. He had comfortably forded it on his trip to Beatrice	—	—
Cotheme	This is a second moving object, expressed as a direct object or an oblique, relative to which the Self_mover moves. They cut across the bushes after him\|Thm_c and watched him Go into a small shrine-like building at the very center of the compound	physical_object	—
Depictive	Depictive phrase describing the Self_mover. I actually forded the river in my ski boots\|Dep-Und.	state	—
Endpoints	The Source and Goal of either a single or a repeated motion taken together as Endpoints of the Path. It is located at the place where explorers Marquette and Jolliet forded between the Chicago and Des Plaines Rivers.	—	—
Explanation	A factor which explains the particular motion or manner of motion of the Self_mover. Streams were forded because there were no bridges over meandering Back Creek.	state_of_affairs	—
Frequency	The number of times that an action occurs in a given time. Early in the morning, Chapman had twice forded the river a short distance north of the footbridge.	—	—
Means_of_motion	The device or bodypart that serves to move the Self_mover. The General was received by Colonel Thayer, and ascended the hill in a landau, escorted by the officers of the post.	—	—
New_situation	An unexpected event that affects some agent (usually the Self_mover), which is enabled by, and occurs after, the Intentional_traversing. I cut across Arnold's new backyard only to find literally hundreds of squirrels everywhere.	—	—
Re-encoding	A larger conceptualization that includes the Intentional_traversing as an integral part. The Intentional_traversing expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action in this larger conceptualization. The 133rd Infantry hurriedly forded the river in an attempt to capture a bridge intact.	—	—

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from Traversing FE-FE
Inherits from Self_motion FE-FE

SubFrame

SubFrame relations
Has as subFrame Quitting_a_place FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
ascend.v	—	FN: move up an inclined surface
climb.v	—	FN: traverse an inclined surface so as to rise in elevation
cut.v	—	FN: to go directly across rather than around an area
ford.v	—	FN: cross a stream at a shallow place

Frame Chain

TQR

Visual Units

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Frame Report

Intentional_traversing [agentive]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (6)

FE Core Set(s) and Excludes

Peripheral Frame Elements (8)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (11)

Frame-Frame Relations (3)

Inheritance

SubFrame

Lexical Units (4)