semantic role

Noun
  1. (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause (synset 106342796)
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    is a type of: grammatical category, syntactic category - (grammar) a category of words having the same grammatical properties
    subtypes:
    • affected role, patient, patient role - the semantic role of an entity that is not the agent but is directly involved in or affected by the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    • agent, agentive role - the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    • benefactive role, beneficiary - the semantic role of the intended recipient who benefits from the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    • instrument, instrumental role - the semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process
    • locative, locative role - the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the place of the state or action denoted by the verb
    • recipient, recipient role - the semantic role of the animate entity that is passively involved in the happening denoted by the verb in the clause
    • result, resultant role - the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
    • temporal, temporal role - the semantic role of the noun phrase that designates the time of the state or action denoted by the verb
    same as: participant role

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