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Dunking [agentive]
An Agent temporarily places a Theme into a Substance, often with the intention to remove it later. The Substance may be metonymically represented by its container. The Theme may be partially or completely submerged.
She dunked her sandwich into some tomato soup.
She dunked her sandwich into some tomato soup.
Properties
- ID
- #2192
- Entry
- frm_dunking
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Dunking (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Dunking
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Agent |
The Agent places the Theme into a Substance.
She dunked her sandwich into some tomato soup. |
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| Substance |
The Substance is the fluid into which the Theme is placed. This may be metonymically represented by the container of the fluid.
She dunked her sandwich into some tomato soup. |
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| Theme |
The Theme temporarily goes partially or completely into the Substance.
She dunked her sandwich into some tomato soup. |
— | — |
Peripheral Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manner |
The way that the Agent puts Theme in the Substance.
He slowly dunked the biscuit into the coffee. |
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| Time |
The location in time when the dunking occurs.
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Lexical Units (2)
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