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
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