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
[
+animate
|
+machine
]
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.
Material
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
[
+animate
]
Definition:
Circumstance that is a property of an entity or entities, as opposed to the entity itself.
Example:
Oil increased IN PRICE.
Attribute