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A '''thematic role''' or '''semantic role''' is a way in which an object can relate to an event. | A '''thematic role''' or '''semantic role''' is a way in which an object can relate to an event. | ||
Some examples of thematic roles are “agent” (who is causing this event?), “instrument” (what is used to carry out this event?), or “patient” (what is affected/changed by this event?). | Some examples of thematic roles are “agent” (who is willfully causing this event?), “instrument” (what is used to carry out this event?), or “patient” (what is affected/changed by this event?). | ||
== Syntactic and thematic roles == | == Syntactic and thematic roles == | ||