University Tehran Language Research 2251-9289 8 1 2017 08 23 Semantics Relations of Persian Verb "gereftan": Filmore's Frame Semantic (1997) Semantics Relations of Persian Verb "gereftan": Filmore's Frame Semantic (1997) 79 98 63136 10.22059/jolr.2017.63136 FA Mansoureh Delaramifar 0000-0001-6411-6780 Pakzad Yousefian university of sistan & baluchestan Mohammad Allahbakhash zabol university, computer dept. Abbasali Ahangar Journal Article 2017 07 11 Since the verbs are the most important grammatical category in a language and actions, activities and states are denoted with the help of them, the goal of this project is to study the different meanings of verb "gereftan" and show the relations between its meanings based on Filmore Frame Semantics (1979). This study has been done by examining the syntactic and semantic distribution of arguments of the selected concepts of Persian verb "gereftan" which has obtained from social networks like Twitter and Youtube text. Results from this work showed that "gereftan" has different meanings such as "receiving", "buying" and "understanding" which are the sub-branches of the "commercial transaction" frame. The study has proved that the verbs "receiving", "buying" and "understanding" with different concepts have some core elements that these elements are common and trigger create semantic relation between verbs "receiving", "buying" and "understanding". Since the verbs are the most important grammatical category in a language and actions, activities and states are denoted with the help of them, the goal of this project is to study the different meanings of verb "gereftan" and show the relations between its meanings based on Filmore Frame Semantics (1979). This study has been done by examining the syntactic and semantic distribution of arguments of the selected concepts of Persian verb "gereftan" which has obtained from social networks like Twitter and Youtube text. Results from this work showed that "gereftan" has different meanings such as "receiving", "buying" and "understanding" which are the sub-branches of the "commercial transaction" frame. The study has proved that the verbs "receiving", "buying" and "understanding" with different concepts have some core elements that these elements are common and trigger create semantic relation between verbs "receiving", "buying" and "understanding". https://jolr.ut.ac.ir/article_63136_926e680fe49fc6eca6c6d255227d3e38.pdf