Borrowing

The Borrower takes possession of a Theme with the knowledge that the Borrower will have to give the Theme back to the Lender after a Duration of time. This frame differs from the Lending frame in that this frame profiles the Borrower in active sentences, whereas the Lending frame profiles the Lender. For the time being, this frame includes both the transfer event itself and the end state of the event, as shown in the first two examples following: I am borrowing the book about modal particles from the professor. I borrowed the book from him and returned it a long time ago. Not only did I have to borrow a gown, but I was also lent a jacket! The girl borrowed the car from her sister for a couple days. Along with other ways of temporarily taking possession (e.g. "putting something in your pocket for a while"), this frame is used non-literally to refer to Stealing. In this use, the Borrower is a thief, the Lender is a Victim, and the Theme is the Goods: Were n't nobody lookin' so I borrowed it off her .