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Employing [association]

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An Employer employs an Employee whose Position entails that the Employee perform certain Tasks in exchange for Compensation.

I|Emper employed him|Empee as Chief Gardener|Posit for ten years|Dur.

Properties

ID
#323
Entry
frm_employing
Namespace
Relation.Association
FrameNet version
Employing (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Employing

Core Frame Elements (5)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Employee
The FE Employee denotes the person who is obligated to perform some Task in order to receive Compensation.

I|Empee was employed by an international corporation.
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Employer
The Employer is the person (or institution) that gives Compensation to an Employee.

I|Emper employed him as Chief Gardener for ten years.
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Field
The FE Field identifies the field in which the Employee is employed.

He was employedin finance fourteen years ago.
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Position
The FE Position indicates a particular type of employment.

I'm not employed as your waitress!
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Task
The Task indicates the action/duty that the Employee is obligated to do for the Employer.

I am employed to collect the trash.
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FE Core Set(s) and Excludes

CoreSet
Field Position Task

Peripheral Frame Elements (7)

Peripheral Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Compensation
The Compensation is the payment that the Employee receives for performing a Task.

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Contract_basis
The Contract_basis is the condition of employment with respect to permanency, hours per time period or payment arrangements.

Chrysler employs 1000 skilled worker full-time.
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Duration
The FE Duration identifies the amount of time for which the Employee continues in employ.

I employed him as Chief Gardener for ten years|Dur.
category
duration
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Manner
The FE Manner identifies the way in which an Employer hires an Employee.

The three young men were given medals and hastily commissioned.
category
manner
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Place
The FE Place identifies the location where the Employer hires the Employee.

Actually, he employed me at the downtown office .
category
locative_relation
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Subgroup
The Subgroup is the department or subdivision of the institution that the Employee is a member of.
He is an employee in the marketing department.
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Time
The FE Time identifies the time at whcih the Employer hires the Employee.

Charles has been an employee of Microsoft since 1998!
category
time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Descriptor
This FE describes a characteristic of the Employee.

Electronic theft by foreign and industrial spies and disgruntled employees is costing U.S. companies billions and eroding their international competitive advantage.
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Purpose
The FE Purpose identifies what the Employer intends to accomplish through the hiring of the Employee.

John employs bodyguards to protect him from previous clients.
category
state_of_affairs
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Frame-Frame Relations (4)

Perspective

Perspective relations
Perspective on
Employment_continue
FE-FE

Precedes

Precedes relations
Is preceded by
Hiring
FE-FE
Precedes
Firing
FE-FE

SubFrame

SubFrame relations
Is subframe of
Employer_scenario
FE-FE

Lexical Units (8)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
commission.v โ€” COD: order or authorize (someone) to do or produce something
employ.v โ€” COD: give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
employee.n โ€” COD: a person that is employed for wage or salary
employer.n โ€” COD: a person that employs people
employment.n โ€” FN: the action of employing
personnel.n โ€” COD: people employed in an organization or engaged in an organized undertaking
staff.n โ€” COD: the employees of a particular organization
worker.n โ€” COD: a person who works.
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