Lending

The Lender gives the Theme to the Borrower with the expectation that the Borrower will return the Theme to the Lender after a Duration of time. This frame differs from the Borrowing frame in that this frame profiles the Lender in active sentences, whereas the Borrowing frame profiles the Borrower. 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 lending a student of mine my book on German modal particles. The student has not yet given back the book I lent to him. Not only did I have to borrow a gown, but I was also lent a jacket! CNI I lent my girlfriend my car for the weekend. Jerry loaned his skateboard to his little brother.