| These are words describing basic commercial transactions involving a Buyer and a Seller exchanging Money and Goods, taking the perspective of the Seller. The words vary individually in the patterns of frame element realization they allow. | |
| Los propietarios nos VENDIERON la casa por medio millón de dólares. ECNI | |
| La VENTA del producto directamente a los consumidores por parte de la propia empresa fue un absoluto fracaso. | |
| Buyer [Buy] | The Buyer has the Money and wants the Goods. | |
| Lee SOLD a textbook to Abby. | ||
| Goods [Goo] | The FE Goods is anything (including labor or time, for example) which is exchanged for Money in a transaction. | |
| Kim SOLD the sweater. | ||
| Seller [Sel] | The Seller has possession of the Goods and exchanges them for Money from a Buyer. | |
| So far, my company has SOLD more than three million copies. | ||
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| Duration [Dur] Semantic Type Duration | The length of time that the Goods are (or have been) in the Buyer's possession. (This FE is generally only relevant for the LU's rent.v and lease.v which imply a temporary change of possession.) | |
| Our neighbors have RENTED their house out for the last ten years. | ||
| Manner [] Semantic Type Manner | Any description of the selling event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of the Seller that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). | |
| Stuart reluctantly SOLD her his last rock. | ||
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The means by which a commercial transaction occurs. | |
| Abby SOLD the car for cash. | ||
| Money [Mon] | Money is the thing given in exchange for Goods in a transaction. | |
| Sam SOLD the car for $12,000. | ||
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | Where the event takes place. | |
| Purpose [Purp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The purpose for which an intentional act is performed. | |
| Purpose_of_Goods [POG] | The Buyer's intended purpose for the Goods. | |
| He SOLD the filing robot to me for filing all my legal documents. | ||
| Rate [Rate] | In some cases, price or payment is described per unit of Goods. | |
| The farmers' market SELLS apples for one dollar a pound | ||
| Reason [Reas] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The Reason for which an event occurs. | |
| Relay [] | This FE indicates that the selling act constitues a re-selling by the current Seller of Goods that they bought earlier from a third person who is not the Buyer of the current selling act. | |
| The Chambers villa has been SOLD on to a local construction company | ||
| Result [] | The state of the Seller after the sale has occurred. | |
| I SOLD the whole lot at a loss. | ||
| Reversive [] | This FE indicates that the selling act reverses an earlier separate act in which the current Seller bought the Goods from the current Buyer. | |
| There is a plan for Mercer to buy the ground and LEASE it back to the club | ||
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | When the event occurs. | |
| Unit [Unit] | This FE is any unit in which goods or services can be measured. Generally, it occurs in a by-PP. | |
| Bob SELLS peppers by the pound. | ||
Inherits From: Giving
Is Inherited By: Renting_out
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Is Used By: Exporting
Perspective on: Commerce_goods-transfer
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See Also:
revendedor.n, revender.v, vendedor.n, vender.v, venta.n
Created by miriamp on Thu Jul 12 13:11:04 CEST 2001