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Commerce_sell [agentive]
These are words describing basic commercial transactions involving a buyer and a seller exchanging money and goods, taking the perspective of the seller. The words vary individually in the patterns of frame element realization they allow. For example, the typical patterns for SELL: SELLER sells GOODS to BUYER for MONEY.
Robin sold a car to Abby for $5,000.
Robin sold a car to Abby for $5,000.
Properties
- ID
- #172
- Entry
- frm_commerce_sell
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Commerce_sell (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Commerce_sell
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buyer |
The Buyer has the Money and wants the Goods.
Lee sold a textbook to Abby. |
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| Goods |
The FE Goods is anything (including labor or time, for example) which is exchanged for Money in a transaction.
Kim sold the sweater. |
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| Seller |
The Seller has possession of the Goods and exchanges them for Money from a Buyer.
So far, my company has sold more than three million copies. |
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Peripheral Frame Elements (8)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manner |
Any description of the selling event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Seller that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
Stuart reluctantly sold her his last rock. |
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manner
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| Means |
The Means by which a commercial transaction occurs.
Abby sold the car for cash. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Money |
Money is the thing given in exchange for Goods in a transaction.
Sam sold the car for $12,000. |
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The Purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
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state_of_affairs
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| Rate |
In some cases, price or payment is described per unit of Goods.
The farmers' market sells apples for one dollar a pound |
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| Time |
When the event occurs.
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time
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| Unit |
This FE is any unit in which goods or services can be measured.
Generally, it occurs in a by-PP. Bob sells peppers by the pound. |
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (6)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back |
This FE indicates that the selling act reverses an earlier separate act in which the current Seller bought the Goods from the current Buyer.
There is a plan for Mercer to buy the ground and sell it back to the club for more money. |
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| Explanation |
The Explanation for which an event occurs.
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state_of_affairs
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| Imposed_purpose |
The Buyer's intended purpose for the Goods.
He sold the filing robot to me for filing all my legal documents. |
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| Period_of_iterations |
The length of time from when the commerce event began to be repeated to when it stopped.
I have been selling materials to the factories for over 5 years. |
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| Relay |
This FE indicates that the selling act constitues a re-selling by the current Seller of Goods that they bought earlier from a third person who is not the Buyer of the current selling act.
The Chambers villa has been sold on to a local construction company |
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| Result |
The state of the Seller after the sale has occurred.
I sold the whole lot at a loss. |
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Frame-Frame Relations (5)
Inheritance
Perspective
Using
Lexical Units (9)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| auction.n | — | FN: the process of selling goods to the highest bidder |
| auction.v | — | FN: selling to highest bidder |
| retail.v | — | COD: sell (goods) |
| retailer.n | — | FN: one who sells goods |
| sale.n | — | COD: the exchange of a commodity for money; the process of selling something. |
| sell.v | — | COD: hand over in exchange for money. |
| seller.n | — | FN: a person or company who trades an object for money |
| vend.v | — | COD: offer (small items) for sale, especially from a slot machine. |
| vendor.n | — | COD: a person or company offering something for sale, especially a trader in the street. |
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