| An Agent moves Goods (or some other useful item) from an Exporting_area, across a boundary or border to a different area, the Importing_area. The Path along which the Goods pass may also be indicated. Depending on the lexical unit, the Agent 's point of view may be centered on the Exporting_area at the beginning of the process (e.g. export) or on the Importing_area and the end of the process (e.g. import) or on the Path (e.g. transship). In some sentences, a constituent which encodes the Agent FE also encodes information about the Exporting_area, Path, or Importing_area. |
| Agent [Agt] Semantic Type Sentient | The conscious entity, generally a person, that moves the Goods. | |
| Bath and Bodyworks IMPORTS all of its soaps from Scotland. | ||
| Very often, an Exporting_area, Importing_area, or Path will metonymically stand in for the person or persons directly responsible for the movement of the Goods. In such cases the constituent should be labeled Agent on the first layer and with the appropriate locational FE on the second layer. | ||
| The U.S. EXPORTS most of its peanut products. | ||
| Exporting_area [Src] | The place where the Goods are initially, before the action. | |
| Goods [Goods] | The items of value whose location is changing. | |
| Importing_area [Goal] | The FE Importing_area is the place that the Goods end up as a result of motion. | |
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| Depictive [Dep] | This FE identifies the state of a participant during the action | |
| Kazakhstan EXPORTED the petroleum, gleeful. | ||
| Descriptor [] | This Frame Element is used for a characteristic or description of the Goods. Note that Descriptor is not an FE of the same character as other FEs. Specifically, rather than filling a slot, it identifies a modifier of its head noun. | |
| Manner [Mnr] Semantic Type Manner | Any description of the event which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), force (hard, softly), secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may also indicate salient characteristics of an Agent that also affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully). | |
| Means [Mns] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | An intentional action performed by the Agent that accomplishes the action indicated by the target. | |
| Path [Path] | Path identifies the location of the Goods during transit, i.e. after leaving the Exporting_area and before reaching the Importing_area. | |
| The EXPORTATION of goods across state lines is strictly prohibited. | ||
| Purpose [Purp] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | This FE identifies the purpose for which the Agent moves the Goods. | |
| Some department stores IMPORT expensive items to please their higher-paying customers. | ||
| Reason [Reason] Semantic Type State_of_affairs | A state of affairs that the Agent is responding to in performing the action. | |
| Time [Time] Semantic Type Time | This FE identifies the time when the Agent moves the Goods. | |
| Vehicle [Veh] | An mobile entity directed by the Agent that holds the Goods and moves them along from the Exporting_area to the Importing_area. | |
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Is Used By: Exporting, Importing
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Created by infinity on Thu Nov 07 18:56:24 CET 2002