<def-root>In this frame an <fen>Agent</fen> preserves a <fen>Patient</fen> in order to prevent it from decaying. A <fen>Medium</fen> may be used. <ex><fex name="Agent">Bill</fex> <t>mummified</t> <fex name="Patient">John</fex>.</ex> <ex><fex name="Agent">Tess</fex> <t>pickled</t> <fex name="Patient">the beets</fex> <fex name="Medium">in vinegar</fex>.</ex> <ex><fex name="Agent">The Smiths</fex> <t>dried</t> <fex name="Patient">the apples</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Agent</fen> is the person performing the intentional act that leads to the preservation.<ex><fex name="Agt">Arlene</fex> <t>pickled</t> the cucumbers.</ex></def-root>
<def-root><fen>Medium</fen> is the substance in which the <fen>Patient</fen> might be submerged to be preserved. <ex>Tess <t>pickled</t> the beets <fex name="Medium">in vinegar</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Patient</fen> is organic matter that undergoes the preservation.<ex>Tess <t>pickled</t> <fex name="Patient">the beets</fex> in vinegar.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Instrument</fen> with which an an <fen>Agent</fen> performs the Preserving.</def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Means</fen> by which the <fen>Agent</fen> preserves the <fen>Patient</fen>.<ex>Hannah <t>cured</t> the shrimp <fex name="Means">by injecting them with brine</fex>.</ex><ex>This salami was <t>cured</t> naturally <fex name="Means">in salt</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Manner</fen> in which the <fen>Agent</fen> preserves the <fen>Patient</fen>.<ex>Jake <fex name="Manner">painstakingly</fex> <t>embalmed</t> the next body.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Place</fen> where the preserving occurs.<ex>Mr. Amber <t>embalmed</t> the woman's body <fex name="Place">in Turkey</fex> in 1922.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Time</fen> when the <fen>Agent</fen> preserves the <fen>Patient</fen>.<ex>Mr. Amber <t>embalmed</t> the woman in Turkey <fex name="Time">in 1922</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Purpose</fen> for which the <fen>Agent</fen> preserves the <fen>Patient</fen>.<ex>Jude <t>pickled</t> the onions <fex name="Purpose">to increase their potency</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>Result of an action.</def-root>
<def-root>The amount of <fen>Time</fen> for which the process of Preserving is ongoing.<ex>...oak <t>cured</t> <fex name="Dur">for eight years</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Depictive</fen> phrase describing one of the participants.<ex>The herring was <t>cured</t> <fex name="Depict">with its innards still inside it</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The extent to which the <fex name="Patient">Patient</fex> is preserved from decaying. <ex> The corpse had been <t>mummified</t> <fex name="Degree">completely</fex>.</ex></def-root>
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COD: (especially in ancient Egypt) preserve (a body) as a mummy
COD: preserve (food) in pickle.
COD: preserve (a corpse) from decay, originally with spices and now usually by injection of a preservative.
COD: preserve with salt.
COD: preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by salting, drying, or smoking.
FN: the process of preserving s.t., usually a body, from decomposition.
FN: the action of preventing (food) from decomposing.
COD: preserve in a can.
COD: treat (food) to prevent its decomposition or prepare (fruit) for long-term storage by boiling it with sugar.
FN: the act of preserving a body by injecting spices or other preservatives
COD: preserve by evaporating the moisture from