Participant Roles by G5

Complement position:  after the … , not immediately but … a preposition

• Verb - Before

• Adjective - After

• Verb - After

• Noun - before

What is the only role that the Object position can fit?

• 1. Agent

• Location

• Affected

• Instrument

What are the two most COMMON combinations of participant role with grammatical position?

• 1. Agent - Object and Instrument - Subject

• Affected - Object and Instrument - Subject

• 1. Agent - Object and Affected - Object

• 1. Agent - Subject and Affected - Subject

Find the agent in the sentence

“John took Mary to the airport yesterday”

• John

• Mary

• Airport

• Yesterday

…. indicate relationships between a verb (and possibly other predicators) and the referring expressions in a sentence.

• Agent

• Role - frame

• Participant role

• Beneficiary

Find the theme in the sentence

The cookies were eaten in the kitchen by the baker.”

• Cookies

• kitchen

• Baker

• Eaten

Find the beneficiary in the sentence

“Mary makes hotel reservations for her boss”

• Mary

• Her boss

• Hotel reservation

• Makes

Define the role of “the lawn” in the following sentence

“Sue mowed the lawn.”

• Theme

• Affected

• Agent

• Experiencer

Define the role of “she” in the following sentence

“she enjoyed the concert”

• Agent

• Beneficiary

• Experiencer

• Affected

Can participant roles be included in the dictionary?

• Yes

• No