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An Agent physically transfers a Theme to a Recipient. The Agent is not under control of the Theme's motion after the initial input of energy.

Compare with Bringing and Sending. In the former, the Carrier is in constant control (even physical contact) with the Theme. In the latter, the Sender plans the motion of the Theme and places it in circumstances such that it travels along the specified path (or to the specified goal), but under the power of a separate individual.

Pat passed me the ball.

ID: #2071
Entry: frm_passing
Namespace: Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version: Passing (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains: —
Types: —
Ontological type: —
English name: Passing

Core Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Agent	The Agent is the one who passes the Theme. The Agent is generally realized as the External Argument. Pat passed me the ball.	sentient	—
Area	The FE Area is used for expressions which describe a general area in which passing takes place when the passing is understood to be irregular or not to consist of a single, linear path. Locative setting adjuncts may also be assigned this frame element. The team passed the ball around the court.	—	—
Initial_state	A previous state that the Theme was in before the beginning of its motion. Paul passed the ball away from the danger of the double-team.	—	—
Path	The FE Path is any description of a trajectory of motion which is neither a Source nor Goal. I passed him the ball over the wall.	—	—
Recipient	The FE Recipient is the entity which possesses the Theme as a result of the passing. Kim passed the salt to her mother.	goal	—
Result	A resultant state that the Theme is in at the end of its motion. The center passed the ball clear of the double-team.	—	—
Source	The FE Source is the starting point of the passing action Pat passed the ball from behind the defensemen.	source	—
Theme	The FE Theme is generally an NP Object that is passed to the Recipient. Pat passed the ball to the goalie.	physical_object	—

CoreSet

Initial_state Path Recipient Result Source

Excludes

Area Initial_state Path Recipient Result Source

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Distance	The FE Distance is any expression characterizing the extent of motion of the Theme. Pat passed the ball 50 meters to me.	—	—
Instrument	An entity saliently involved in the transmission of force from an Agent to a Theme. It may be the Agent's bodypart, or some kind of device. When playing basketball, you should pass with both hands\|Ins.	physical_entity	—
Manner	The FE Manner is any expression which describes a property of the motion of the Theme which is not directly related to the trajectory of motion. Descriptions of steadiness, grace, and other things count as Manner expressions.	manner	—
Means	The FE Means indicates the action that is taken that results in the motion of the Theme	state_of_affairs	—
Place	The Place is the general area that provides a setting for a specific motion (with Source, Path, or Goal). The players passed the ball to each other at the park.	locative_relation	—
Time	The time at which the passing of the Theme occurs.	time	—

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element	Definition	Semantic type	Constraint
Depictive	The state of a participant during the passing action. We passed the ball around, gleeful.	—	—
Explanation	This FE denotes a proposition from which the main clause logically follows.	—	—

Inheritance

Inheritance relations
Inherits from Cause_motion FE-FE

See_also

See_also relations
Has as see_also Bringing FE-FE

Lexical units of this frame
LU	Type	Definition
pass.v	—	FN: transfer, hand something to someone.

Frame Chain

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Visual Units

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Frame Report

Passing [agentive]

Properties

Core Frame Elements (8)

FE Core Set(s) and Excludes

Peripheral Frame Elements (6)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)

Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Inheritance

See_also

Lexical Units (1)