Redirecting

Definition:

An intentional Agent or a causing event (Cause) event causes a Theme which is already in motion to take a different Path or Direction, or reach a different Goal than the Original_path.

The hotel business didn't last - especially after the construction of a railroad DIVERTED travelers a few miles west to what is now the village of Eagle

Pakistan government officials helped and DIVERTED the trucks to another camp in the no-man's land in Mach.

Prior to the arrival of the president's motorcade, the police REDIRECTED the protesters away from the main roadonce more.

FEs:

Core:
Agent [age]
Semantic Type
Sentient
An individual that determines the change in course of the Theme.
       When we ended up over in Marrakech, or Dakar, they DIVERTED us up to Tobruk.
 

Cause [cau]
An event that brings about the change in the Path of the Theme.
       We even got a bonus morning in Tokyo's international airport when a bad storm DIVERTED us on the way to Asia.
 

Direction [dir]
This FE is used for expressions that indicate motion along a line from the current deitic center towards a reference point (which may be implicit) that does not necessarily correspond to the Goal. Often Direction is defined with reference to the canonical orientation of the Theme, the orientation imposed by an implicit observer, or the inherent orientation of the scene.
       Flight 93 left Newark, NJ, earlier that day, bound for San Francisco, but it was hijacked by four terrorists who DIVERTED it back toward Washington, DC .
 

Goal [Goal]
Semantic Type
Goal
The location the Theme ends up in after being redirected.
       Not knowing any better, he REDIRECTED people to the city center.
 

Original_path [ori]
Semantic Type
Source
The route that the Theme was originally headed for. In cases when the Theme is an intentional actor or is controlled by an intentional actor, the Original_path correlates with the (former) plan of the actor. In other cases, the Original_path corresponds to what would be expected for the path of the Theme from general principles or physics. (In some cases, the Original_path may indicate the intended destination, and not just the path, of the Theme.)
       VTA DETOURED motorists from southbound I-880 onto Airport Boulevard to access Coleman Avenue.
 

Path [Path]
The Path refers to (a part of) the ground over which the Theme ends up travelling after being diverted.
       Traffic was REDIRECTED Tuesday along Melrose Avenue to make way for the scoreboard columns, Mellecker said.
 

Theme [Thm]
Semantic Type
Physical_object
The entity that is in motion, and changes path due to the action of an Agent or due to a Cause.
Non-Core:

Depictive [Dep]
The state of the Theme or Agent during the redirection.
       The emergency personnel REDIRECTED the cars back towards the border, unaware of the recent conflagration.
 

Manner [Manr]
Semantic Type
Manner
Any description of the redirection which is not covered by more specific FEs, including secondary effects (quietly, loudly), and general descriptions comparing events (the same way). In addition, it may indicate salient characteristics of the Agent that affect the action (presumptuously, coldly, deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
       Anything flagged as suspect by this system would be carefully DIVERTED to another nearby area, remote from public access. and well shielded, for a second screening .
 

Means [mea]
The method by which the Agent redirects the Theme.

Place []
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The Place is the location at which the redirection occurs.
       They REDIRECTED us at the corner of Alstone and Bokchoy Avenue.
 

Purpose [pur]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The state-of-affairs that the Agent intends to bring about by redirecting the Theme.
       She was talking about how the passengers DIVERTED the plane in order to protect the nation's capital.
 

Time [Time]
Semantic Type
Time
This FE identifies the Time when the redirection of motion occurs.
       Last Tuesday they were DETOURING everybody down onto 5th avenue .
 

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Created by infinity on Thu Jun 23 14:15:56 CEST 2005