Semantic Roles

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Semantic Roles

Also called "Thematic roles". And is the underlying relationship that a participant has with the main verb in a clause.

Goal

Where the agent moves to.

Johan swam to the raft.

Source

Where the entity moves from.

Jessy is from Toronto.

Location

An entity is in the description of an event.

The paper is in the folder.

Experiencer

When a noun phrase is used to designate an entity as the person who has a feeling, perception or state.

Did you hear what noise?

Instrument

If an agent uses another entity in order to perform an action.

­He drew the picture with a crayon.

Theme

The entity is involved in or affected by the action

Agent

Is the entity that performs the action, in short words is a person or thing who is the doer of an event.

Example

The boy kicked the ball.