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
    
    
    
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        Definition:
        Goal that comes into existence through the event.
        Example:
        He strangled his victims TO DEATH.
        
      
     
    
      Result
    
    
    
    
    
    
  
   
  
  
      
      
        Definition:
        Patient that exists at the starting point of action (inheritance from Source), which is transformed through the event into a new entity; concrete or abstract.
        Example:
        An oak tree will grow FROM THAT ACORN.
        
      
     
    
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        Definition:
        Undergoer in a state or an event that is (potentially) advantaged or disadvantaged by the event or state.
        Example:
        Martha carved a toy FOR THE BABY.
        
      
     
    
      Beneficiary
    
    
    
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        Definition:
        Circumstance that is a property of an entity or entities, as opposed to the entity itself.
        Example:
        Oil increased IN PRICE.
        
      
     
    
      Attribute