be(
E
,
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
)
has_location(
E
,
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:
Place that is concrete.
Example:
Herbicides persist IN THE SOIL.
Location
)
Definition:
A participant engages in an action.
Arguments:
during(E), Agent OR Patient, Predicate OR Result OR Theme
do(
e1
,
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
)
intrinsic_motion(
ë2
,
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
)
Definition:
One or more Participants contribute to an event in a certain manner.
Arguments:
(E OR end(E) OR during(E)), Manner OR Agent, Participant
manner(
ë2
,
V_Manner
,
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:
An Affector (Agent, Cause, Stimulus, or Precondition) causes an event.
Arguments:
Affector, E
cause(
e1
,
ë2
)
co-temporal(
e1
,
ë2
)