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Ingestion [agentive]
An Ingestor consumes food or drink (Ingestibles), which entails putting the Ingestibles in the mouth for delivery to the digestive system. This may include the use of an Instrument. Sentences that describe the provision of food to others are NOT included in this frame.
The wolves devoured the carcass completely.
The wolves devoured the carcass completely.
Properties
- ID
- #263
- Entry
- frm_ingestion
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Ingestion (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Ingestion
Core Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Ingestibles |
The Ingestibles are the entities that are being consumed by the Ingestor.
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| Ingestor |
The Ingestor is the person eating or drinking.
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category
sentient
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Peripheral Frame Elements (9)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Degree |
The extent to which the Ingestibles are consumed by the Ingestor.
The wolves devoured the carcass completely |
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degree
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| Duration |
The length of time spent on the ingestion activity.
They 've been eating for hours ! |
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| Instrument |
The Instrument with which an intentional act is performed.
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category
physical_entity
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| Manner |
Manner of performing an action.
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manner
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| Means |
An act performed by the Ingestor that enables them to accomplishes the whole act of ingestion.
The thing ate by snaking its long tongue out and grabbing with it|Mns. |
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
Where the event takes place.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The action that the Ingestor hopes to bring about by ingesting.
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state_of_affairs
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| Source |
Place from which the Ingestor takes the Ingestibles
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source
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| Time |
When the event occurs.
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category
time
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)
Inheritance
Using
Lexical Units (36)
| LU | Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| breakfast.v | — | FN: eat (some food as) the first meal of the day. "She breakfasted on fried bread and bacon." |
| consume.v | — | COD: Eat, drink, or ingest. |
| devour.v | — | COD: eat (food or prey) hungrily or quickly. |
| dine.v | — | COD: Eat dinner. "We dined at a restaurant." |
| down.v | — | COD: consume (a drink) |
| drink.v | — | COD: take (a liquid) into the mouth and swallow. |
| eat.v | — | COD: put (food) into the mouth and chew and swallow it. |
| feast.v | — | COD: Eat and drink sumptuously. "The men would congregate and feast after hunting." |
| feed.v | — | COD: eat |
| gobble.v | — | COD: eat hurriedly and noisily |
| gulp.n | — | COD: 1: b. A large mouthful of liquid hastily drunk. |
| gulp.v | — | COD: Swallow (drink or food) quickly or in large mouthfuls, often audibly. He smiled and gulped his tea. |
| guzzle.v | — | COD: eat or drink greedily. "He would guzzle his ale." |
| have.v | — | COD: eat or drink |
| imbibe.v | — | FN: drink in (formal/scientific) |
| ingest.v | — | COD: with obj. take (food or drink) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it. |
| ingestion.n | — | FN: the process of taking (food or drink) into the body by swallowing or absorbing it |
| lap.v | — | COD: (of an animal) take up (liquid) with the tongue |
| lunch.v | — | COD: no obj., with adverbial eat lunch. |
| munch.v | — | COD: Eat steadily and audibly. |
| nibble.v | — | COD: a.take small bites out of. with obj. or eat in small amounts. |
| nosh.v | — | FN: have a snack |
| nurse.v | — | COD: hold (a cup or glass), drinking from it occasionally |
| put away.v | — | COD: consume food or drink in large quantities |
| put back.v | — | FN: drink remarkably quickly |
| quaff.v | — | COD: drink (something) heartily |
| sip.n | — | COD: a small mouthful of liquid |
| sip.v | — | COD: Drink (something) by taking small mouthfuls. "I sat sipping coffee." |
| slurp.n | — | FN: Act of ingesting liquid often producing noise. |
| slurp.v | — | COD: eat or drink with a loud sucking sound. "She slurped her coffee." "He slurped noisily from a wine cup." |
| snack.v | — | COD: no obj. eat a snack. |
| sup.v | — | COD: (dated) eat supper |
| swig.n | — | COD: a large draught of drink |
| swig.v | — | COD: drink in large draughts. "Dave swigged the wine in five gulps." "Ratagan swigged at his beer." |
| swill.v | — | COD: drink greedily or in large quantities. |
| tuck.v | — | COD: eat food heartily |
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