semantic roles of clause elements Flashcards
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semantic roles of the subject
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agentive - Mary is cooking a delicious meal for us
affected - the book was published - passive
instrumental - they key opened the door
experiencer - the children felt happy
temporal - tomorrow is my day
external causer- the tornado destroyed the village
theme - Mary is happy
existential - there is more to know about it
general - one never knows
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semantic role of the object
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affected - Marry wrote a letter
resultant - HE discovered the letter
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semantice role of the complement
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identification - Mr brown is a teacher
cha racterisation - Mr Brown is a good teacher
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semantic role of the adverbial
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space - they travelled far time - they did it previous week process - they did it carefully contigency - though he studied he didn't score high modality - she is certain to go degree - I like it more than you do