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Preserving [agentive]
In this frame an Agent preserves a Patient in order to prevent it from decaying. A Medium may be used. Bill mummified John. Tess pickled the beets in vinegar. The Smiths dried the apples.
Properties
- ID
- #339
- Entry
- frm_preserving
- Namespace
- Eventive.Agentive
- FrameNet version
- Preserving (fn_1.7_2023)
- Domains
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- Types
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- Ontological type
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- English name
- Preserving
Core Frame Elements (3)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Agent |
The Agent is the person performing the intentional act that leads to the preservation.Arlene|Agt pickled the cucumbers.
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sentient
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| Medium |
Medium is the substance in which the Patient might be submerged to be preserved. Tess pickled the beets in vinegar.
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| Patient |
The Patient is organic matter that undergoes the preservation.Tess pickled the beets in vinegar.
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Peripheral Frame Elements (8)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
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| Degree |
The extent to which the Patient is preserved from decaying. The corpse had been mummified completely.
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degree
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| Duration |
The amount of Time for which the process of Preserving is ongoing....oak cured for eight years|Dur.
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duration
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| Instrument |
The Instrument with which an an Agent performs the Preserving.
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physical_entity
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| Manner |
The Manner in which the Agent preserves the Patient.Jake painstakingly embalmed the next body.
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manner
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| Means |
The Means by which the Agent preserves the Patient.Hannah cured the shrimp by injecting them with brine.This salami was cured naturally in salt.
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state_of_affairs
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| Place |
The Place where the preserving occurs.Mr. Amber embalmed the woman's body in Turkey in 1922.
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locative_relation
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| Purpose |
The Purpose for which the Agent preserves the Patient.Jude pickled the onions to increase their potency.
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state_of_affairs
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| Time |
The Time when the Agent preserves the Patient.Mr. Amber embalmed the woman in Turkey in 1922.
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time
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)
| Frame element | Definition | Semantic type | Constraint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depictive |
The Depictive phrase describing one of the participants.The herring was cured with its innards still inside it|Depict.
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| Result |
Result of an action.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)
Inheritance
Lexical Units (11)
| LU | Type | Definition |
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| can.v | — | COD: preserve in a can. |
| cure.v | — | COD: preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking. |
| dry.v | — | COD: preserve by evaporating the moisture from |
| embalm.v | — | COD: preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by injection of a preservative. |
| embalming.n | — | FN: the act of preserving a body by injecting spices or other preservatives |
| mummification.n | — | FN: the process of preserving s.t., usually a body, from decomposition. |
| mummify.v | — | COD: (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) as a mummy |
| pickle.v | — | COD: preserve (food) in pickle. |
| preservation.n | — | FN: the action of preventing (food) from decomposing. |
| preserve.v | — | COD: treat (food) to prevent its decomposition or prepare (fruit) for long-term storage by boiling it with sugar. |
| salt.v | — | COD: preserve with salt. |
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