<def-root>A <fen>Cognizer_agent</fen> attempts to find some <fen>Sought_entity</fen> by examining some <fen>Ground</fen>. The success or failure of this activity (the <fen>Outcome</fen>) may be indicated.
NB: This frame should be compared to the Scrutiny frame, in which the primary focus is on the <fen>Ground</fen>.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer_agent">John</fex> <t>looked</t> <fex name="Sought_entity">for his pencil</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The person who attempts to find the Sought_entity.
<ex><fex name="Cognizer_agent">John</fex> <t>looked</t> for his pencil.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This is the entity to which the <fen>Cognizer_agent</fen> pays attention. It is referred to as <fen>Ground</fen> because it serves as the background or context for the <fen>Sought_entity</fen>. This FE can be expressed as an NP Object (first example) or as a PP Complement (second example).
<ex>Leslie <t>examined</t> <fex name="Ground">the glass</fex> for cracks.</ex>
<ex>Kim <t>searched</t> <fex name="Ground">in the woods</fex> for mushrooms.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This is the entity that the <fen>Ground</fen> may contain. Typically, it is expressed as a <ment>for</ment>-PP.
<ex>Leslie <t>examined</t> the glass <fex name="Sought_entity">for cracks</fex>.</ex>
<ex>Kim <t>searched</t> in the woods <fex name="Sought_entity">for mushrooms</fex>.</ex>
Some words in this frame allow alternate expressions of the <fen>Ground</fen> and the <fen>Sought_entity</fen>.
<ex>We <t>searched</t> the yard <fex name="Phen">for my contact lens</fex>.</ex>
<ex>We <t>searched</t> <fex name="Phen">for my contact lens</fex> in the yard.</ex> </def-root>
<def-root>The <fen>Manner</fen> of performing an action.</def-root>
<def-root>An act of the <fen>Cognizer_agent</fen> that allows them to look for the <fen>Sought_entity</fen>.
<ex>They <t>foraged</t> for clams <fex name="Mns">by visiting the pools at low tide</fex>.</ex></def-root>
<def-root>The failure or success of an attempt.</def-root>
<def-root>A spatial setting larger than the <fen>Ground</fen> in which the Seeking event occurs.
<ex><fex name="Place">In Paris</fex> police were <t>hunting</t> for suspects in two of the city's southerns suburbs today</ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the <fen>Time</fen> when the Seeking occurs.
<ex>The police were <t>hunting</t> for evidence in my house <fex name="Time">yesterday</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>An action that the <fen>Cognizer_agent</fen> intends to accomplish by performing the search.
<ex>Police were <t>hunting</t> for evidence in my house <fex name="Purpose">to mislead their real suspect about the state of the investigation</fex></ex></def-root>
<def-root>This FE identifies the amount of effort put into an attempt.</def-root>
Seeking_to_achieve
Shopping
Searching_scenario
Criminal_investigation
Locating
Scrutiny
COD: discover something by covert investigation.
COD: make an effort to hear something.
FN: keep on the lookout for (something or someone)
COD: (look for) attempt to find.
COD: feel about or search blindly or uncertainly with the hands.
FN: seek with clumsy, uncertain movements of the hands
COD: perceive, examine, or search by touch. NB: Only searching relevant in this frame.
COD: search widely for food or provisions
COD: search diligently for.
COD: look around or pry into something.
COD: search unsystematically and untidily for something
COD: wash gravel in a pan to separate out (gold).
FN: use one's hands to search someone else's body for contraband
COD: attempt to find.
COD: examine thoroughly in order to find something.
COD: examine (a part of the body) by touch, especially for medical purposes.
FN: a search by government or military authorities for a suspect or military target.
FN: Search by sense of feel alone in an enclosed space.