Sentence semantics 2: participants

Sentence semantics 2: participants

1. Thematic roles

   • Agent
     • Start an action
       • Actiing with volition
   • Patient
     • Undergoing effect
       • Action
       • Change in state
   • Theme
     • Moved by
       • Action
       • Location described
   • Experience
     • Aware of
       • Action
       • State
         • Describe by
           • predicate
     • Not control of
       • Action
       • State
   • Source
   • Goal
     • Moves
       • Literally
       • Methaphorically
   • Location
     • Place
       • Situated
       • Takes place
   • Instrument
     • Means by
       • action perfomed
       • Something comes about
   • Beneficiary
     • Benefic the action was performed

2. Verb and thematic

   • Also Theta grid

3. Middle voice

   • Difer in language
   • Central feature forms
     • Empasize
       • Verb affected by
         • Action describe
   • Types
     • Neuters
     • Bocly activity
     • Emotions
     • Reflexives
     • Autobenefactives

4. Fuzziness of roles

   • Role as prototype
     • Proto agent
       • Movement
       • Volitional involvement
         • Event
         • State
       • Sentiece
       • Causing
         • Event
         • Change state
     • Proto patient
       • Undergues
       • Incremental theme
       • Casually affected
         • Other participant
         • Stationary relative
           • Movement