"semantic role" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

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