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Agriculture [agentive]
In this frame an Agriculturist cultivates Food. The location or Ground where the Food is cultivated by the Agriculturist is often expressed.
Peasants were encouraged to cultivate basic food crops such as beans and corn.
Shrimp farming seems to be a recipe for disaster
Some fields were probably cultivated only in the dry season CNI
Peasants were encouraged to cultivate basic food crops such as beans and corn.
Shrimp farming seems to be a recipe for disaster
Some fields were probably cultivated only in the dry season CNI
Properties
- ID
- #2012
- Entry
- frm_agriculture
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Agriculture (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Agriculture
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agriculturist |
The Agriculturist is the agent cultivating Food.
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category
sentient
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| Food |
Food is the item cultivated by the Agriculturist.
They cultivate fungi. |
category
physical_entity
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| Ground |
This is the the background or context for the Food to which the Agriculturist pays attention in his agricultural efforts.
Romans were cultivating the land in Northern Gaul. |
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes
CoreSet
Food
Ground
Peripheral Frame Elements (11)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
This frame element selects some gradable attribute and modifies the expected value for it.
Most of lowland Britain is intensively cultivated. |
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| Duration |
For what length of time the Agriculturist attempted to obtain Food.
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| Frequency |
How often the Agriculturist cultivates Food.
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| Instrument |
The Instrument is used by the Agriculturist as a tool to help obtain Food. (This tool is not limited to typical artifacts and can be hands, arms, and other atypical hunting and fishing instruments.)
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| Manner |
The Manner in which the Agriculturist cultivates Food.
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| Means |
This FE identifies the Means by which the Agriculturist cultivates Food.
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| Outcome |
The failure or success of an attempt.
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| Place |
The greater geographic location where the Agriculturist cultivates Food.
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| Purpose |
An action that the Agriculturist intends to accomplish by cultivating Food.
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| Time |
When the agricultural event occurs.
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| Type |
This FE indicates the subtype of agriculture that the Agriculturist is engaging in.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (3)
| 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 agricultural event itself and any of its participants.
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| Event_description |
This FE appraises the event.
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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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Frame-Frame Relations (4)
Inheritance
Perspective
SubFrame
Lexical Units (3)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| cultivate.v | — | FN: foster crop growth from the land |
| farm.v | — | FN: to use land for growing crops and raising animals |
| farming.n | — | FN: the process of cultivating the land and raising animals |
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