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Taking_captive [agentive]

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An Agent begins preventing a Captive from moving despite a tendency or desire on the part of the Captive to do so.

Authorities|Agt recently captured several suspects who were hiding in a remote mountain area.

High value target has been quietly and safely secured.

Properties

ID
#2663
Entry
frm_taking_captive
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Taking_captive (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Taking_captive

Core Frame Elements (3)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Agent
The Agent brings the Captive into custody.

Authorities|Agt recently captured several suspects who were hiding in a remote mountain area.
category
sentient
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Captive
The entity which is captured.

Police have captured three of the suspected bombers|cap after a week-long search.
category
physical_object
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Cause
The Cause is the non-sentient entity which is responsible for restricting the movement or location of the Captive.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (5)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Manner
Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Agent that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
category
manner
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Means
An intentional action performed by the Agent that accomplishes the action indicated by the target.

Troops secured the target by entering his compound in small numbers and under the cover of darkness|Mns.
category
state_of_affairs
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Place
This FE identifies the Place where the event occurs.

Authorities secured the target in a private residence|pla.
category
locative_relation
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Purpose
The purpose for which the Agent takes the Captive into custody.

These targets were secured to ensure that they would pose no danger during the trial.
category
state_of_affairs
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Time
When the event occurs.
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (5)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Containing_event
The larger event which contains or during which occurs the event of taking the Captive captive.

The suspects were secured in a large raid conducted by both nations' police forces|con.
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Depictive
The description of one of the participants in the capturing event.

Make sure they're taken alive|dep!
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Explanation
A state of affairs that the Agent is responding to in capturing the Captive.

She was captured quickly beacuse she was on the department's high priority targets list.
category
state_of_affairs
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Instrument
The instrument with which the capturing is carried out.
category
physical_entity
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Reciprocation
The reason for the confinement.

He was captured for treason.
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Frame-Frame Relations (2)

Precedes

Precedes relations
Precedes
Inhibit_movement
FE-FE

SubFrame

SubFrame relations
Is subframe of
Inhibit_motion_scenario
FE-FE

Lexical Units (4)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
capture.n โ€” FN: the event of taking someone or something captive.
capture.v โ€” FN: take under one's control and prevent from escaping.
secure.v โ€” FN: take under custody.
take captive.v โ€” FN: take into custody.
Frame Chain TQR Visual Units

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