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Claim_ownership [agentive]

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A Claimant asserts his or her right to possession of a piece of Property (either real, such as land, or private). The Claimant may be acting on the behalf of a Beneficiary.
The King claims this land and surrounding waters.
Hoping to strike it rich, Thaddeus Gulch staked his claim by the river bed.
I have dibs on the last piece of cake.

Properties

ID
#550
Entry
frm_claim_ownership
Namespace
Eventive.Agentive
FrameNet version
Claim_ownership (fn_1.7_2023)
Domains
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Types
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Ontological type
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English name
Claim_ownership

Core Frame Elements (2)

Core Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Claimant
The Claimant asserts rights or priviliges, typically ownership, over some Property.
The king ordered the envoy|Clm to claim the land accross the river.
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Property
The Property is declared to be under the ownership of the Claimant.
I claim this forest and environs|Prp in the name of the Queen.
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Extra-thematic Frame Elements (2)

Extra-thematic Frame Elements
Frame element Definition Semantic type Constraint
Beneficiary
The Beneficiary is declared the owner of the Property by the Claimant, or the person or group in whose name or favor the Claimant is acting.
I claim this forest and environs in the name of the Queen|Ben.
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Role
The Role of the land claimed.
The French government claimed this string of islands as their own.
As of yet, no one has claimed this hill as belonging to anyone.
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Frame-Frame Relations (1)

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Using relations
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Lexical Units (4)

Lexical units of this frame
LU Type Definition
call.v โ€” FN: lay claim on something as one's right.
claim.n โ€” FN: something claimed as property, particularly a piece of land.
claim.v โ€” FN: take or declare rightful ownership of.
dibs.n โ€” COD: the right to share or choose something.
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