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Renting_out [agentive]

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A Lessor who owns some Goods allows a Lessee to use the Goods temporarily in exchange for Money.

I rented my cabin to him.

Properties

ID
#1729
Entry
frm_renting_out
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Renting_out (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Renting_out

Core Frame Elements (3)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Goods
The FE Goods is the item which is temporarily exchanged for Money.
Kim rented the shed out .
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Lessee
The Lessee has Money and wants the Goods.
Lee rented a textbook to Abby.
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Lessor
The Lessor has possession of the Goods and temporarily exchanges them for Money from a Lessee.
So far, my company has rented the video more than three million times .
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Peripheral Frame Elements (9)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Duration
The length of time that the Goods are (or have been) in the Lessee's possession.

Our neighbors have rented their house out for the last ten years.
category
duration
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Manner
Any description of the renting 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 Lessor that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
Stuart reluctantly rented her his last apartment .
category
manner
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Means
The means by which a commercial transaction occurs.
Abby rented her room by putting an ad in the Examiner.
category
state_of_affairs
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Money
Money is the thing given in exchange for Goods in a transaction.
The x-ray machine was leased for $12,000 to a small firm in Menlo Park .
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Place
The location where the leasing takes place.

U-haul rents almost everywhere.
category
locative_relation
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Purpose
The purpose for which an intentional act is performed.
category
state_of_affairs
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Rate
In some cases, price or payment is described per unit of Goods.
The hostel rents a bunk for about 20 dollars a night .
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Time
The time at which the renting takes place.
category
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 rents rooms by the hour.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Back
This FE indicates that the selling act reverses an earlier separate act in which the current Lessor rented or bought the Goods from the current Lessee.

There is a plan for Mercer to buy the ground and lease it back to the club
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Explanation
A state-of-affairs from which the renting logically follows.

I rented it out because since Ned died, nobody's been using it for anything.
category
state_of_affairs
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Imposed_purpose
The Lessee's intended purpose for the Goods.
He leased the filing robot to me to organize all my legal documents.
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Relay
This FE indicates that the current leasing constitues a re-lease by the current Lessor of Goods that they bought or rented earlier from a third person (not the Lessee of the current leasing act).

My housemates rented my room on to an English student .
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Result
The state of the Lessor after the sale has occurred.
I leased the whole lot at a loss.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from
Commerce_sell
FE-FE

Lexical Units (2)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
lease.v โ€” COD: grant (property) on lease; let.
rent.v โ€” COD: let someone use (something) in return for payment.
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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