Semantic Roles

Semantic Roles

1. Agent

   • Theme
     • Instrument
       • Experiencer
         • Location
           • Source
             • Goal
               • Patient
                 • Percept / Stimulus
                   • Beneficiary
                     • Recipient
                       • Is a sub-type GOAL ivolved in actions describing changes of possetion.
                       • Example: Joshep gave the comic to Sara.
                     • Entity for whose benefit the action was performed.
                     • Example: Rachel bake a cake for John.
                   • The thing that is felt or perceived.
                   • Example: Robert saw the stars.
                 • Entity affected by deed of agent or cause.
                 • Example: Mia cut the cake.
               • The place where the action is directed.
               • Example: John ran to the Central Park.
             • The location or entity from which something moves.
             • From Canada.
           • The specification of the place where the action or event denoted by the predicate in situated.
           • Example: on the table or under the chair
         • When a noun phrase is used to desgnate an entity as the person who has a feeling, perception or state.
         • Example: Rachel likes hamburguer.
       • The medium by which the action or event denoted by the predicate is carried out.
       • Example: My mother opened the door with the keys.
     • The entity that is involved in or affevted by the action (patient), they are typically non - human but can be human. Example: The ballon was green.
   • The entity that performs the action, they can also be non - human, machines, natural forces or creatures. Example: The girl throw the rock.