has_location(
e1
,
Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.
Theme
,
Definition:
Source that indicates the concrete, physical location where an event begins or a state becomes true.
Example:
Amanda drove the package FROM HOME.
?Initial_Location
)
has_location(
e2
,
Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.
Instrument
,
Definition:
Source that indicates the concrete, physical location where an event begins or a state becomes true.
Example:
Amanda drove the package FROM HOME.
?Initial_Location
)
Definition:
A participant engages in an action.
Arguments:
during(E), Agent OR Patient, Predicate OR Result OR Theme
do(
e3
,
Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.
?Agent
)
Definition:
An Agent uses a Theme or Instrument
Arguments:
during(E), Agent, Instrument OR Theme, (Predicate)
utilize(
e3
,
Definition:
Actor in an event who initiates and carries out the event intentionally or consciously, and who exists independently of the event.
Example:
THEY decided to go.
?Agent
,
Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.
Instrument
)
Definition:
An Agent or a Theme is in motion.
Arguments:
during(E), Theme OR Agent
motion(
ë4
,
Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.
Theme
,
Predicate Specific
Definition:
Trajectory refers to the path or the 'region' the motion traverses when the motion event expresses a change of location.
Example:
He came THROUGH THE DOOR.
Trajectory
)
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has_location(
ë4
,
Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.
Theme
,
Definition:
Source that indicates the concrete, physical location where an event begins or a state becomes true.
Example:
Amanda drove the package FROM HOME.
?Initial_Location
)
Definition:
An Agent or a Theme is in motion.
Arguments:
during(E), Theme OR Agent
motion(
ë5
,
Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.
Instrument
,
Predicate Specific
Definition:
Trajectory refers to the path or the 'region' the motion traverses when the motion event expresses a change of location.
Example:
He came THROUGH THE DOOR.
Trajectory
)
¬
has_location(
ë5
,
Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.
Instrument
,
Definition:
Source that indicates the concrete, physical location where an event begins or a state becomes true.
Example:
Amanda drove the package FROM HOME.
?Initial_Location
)
has_location(
e6
,
Definition:
Undergoer that is central to an event or state that does not have control over the way the event occurs, is not structurally changed by the event, and/or is characterized as being in a certain position or condition throughout the state.
Example:
THE BALL rolled down the hill.
Theme
,
Definition:
Goal that is a concrete, physical location.
Example:
Tamara poured water INTO THE BOWL.
Destination
)
has_location(
e7
,
Definition:
Undergoer in an event that is manipulated by an agent, and with which an intentional act is performed; it exists independently of the event. For all roles containing symmetrical participants, we assume that the ordering is non-arbitrary and may be pragmatically determined and/or related to figure-ground considerations; however, the usefulness of this distinction may be application-specific.
Example:
Jennifer baked the potatoes IN THE OVEN.
Instrument
,
Definition:
Goal that is a concrete, physical location.
Example:
Tamara poured water INTO THE BOWL.
Destination
)
Definition:
An Affector (Agent, Cause, Stimulus, or Precondition) causes an event.
Arguments:
Affector, E
cause(
e3
,
ë4
)
co-temporal(
ë4
,
ë5
)