| A Recipient starts off without the Theme in their possession, and then comes to possess it. Although the Source from which the Theme came is logically necessary, the Recipient and its changing relationship to the Theme is profiled. | |
| I GOT two whistles from John. | |
| Recipient [Rec] | The Recipient indicates the entity that ends up in possession of the Theme. | |
| Theme [Thm] Semantic Type Physical_object | The Theme is the object that changes possession. | |
Non-Core: | ||
| Concessive [con] | This FE signifies that the state of affairs expressed by the main clause (containing the target) occurs or holds, and something other than that state of affairs would be expected given the state of affairs in the concessive clause. | |
| Manner [Mnr] Semantic Type Manner | This FE identifies the Manner in which an Agent intentionally acts. | |
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The Means is the action of the Recipient which results in their possession of the Theme. | |
| Place [Place] Semantic Type Locative_relation | The Place denotes where the Getting takes place. | |
| Purpose [Purp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The purpose for which an intentional act is performed. | |
| Reason [Reas] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | The Reason refers to the existing eventuality that the Recipient is responding to. | |
| Result [Result] | The state that either the Recipient or the Theme end up in after the acquisition. | |
| You should ACQUIRE it without any publicity. | ||
| Source [Source] Semantic Type Source | The Source is the location that the Theme formerly occupied. Persons that begin in possession of the Theme may metonymically stand in for the Source. | |
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | When the event occurs. | |
Inherits From: Event
Is Inherited By: Commerce_buy, Commerce_collect, Receiving
Subframe of: Getting_scenario
Has Subframes:
Precedes: Post_getting
Is Preceded by: Pre_getting
Uses:
Is Used By:
Perspective on:
Is perspectivized in:
Is Causative of:
See Also:
adquirir.v, obtener.v
Created by acwright on Mon Jul 16 15:22:06 CEST 2001