3.SEMANTICANALYSIS
(2) SEMANTICROLESANALYSIS
?优势：
?It brings out relationships among
sentences that may be quite different structurally.
?The sentences (with the same basic meaning) can be expressed by different syntactic pattern.
?Thematic paraphrases: sentences with the same verb and the nominals (名词的) bearing the same set of thematic roles.
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3.SEMANTICANALYSIS(2) SEMANTICROLES
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Agent: the entity that performs the action;?Patient/theme: the entity that is involved in or affected by the action.
?Instrument: the entity which is used in performing an action
?Experiencer: an entity as the person who has a feeling, a perception or a state
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3.SEMANTICANALYSIS(2) SEMANTICROLES
?Location:
description of the event.
where an entity is in the
?Source:where an entity moves from.
?Goal:
where an entity moves to.
____ from Yule, G. (2000:117)
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3.SEMANTICANALYSIS---SEMANTICROLES
?Exercise:
?Identify the thematic role and grammatical
relation of each underlined element in the following sentences.
?1. Lisabought her sona bike.agent beneficiary theme/patientsubject primary ob. Secondary ob.?2. Sheiladonated some booksto the library.agent theme/patient goalsubject direct object indirect 14object
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3.The flooddestroyed several houses.force theme/patientsubject object
?4.Davidsmelled the freshly baked bread.experiencerstimulussubject object
?5.Heraised the carwith a jack.Agent theme/patient instrumentSubject object oblique
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