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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 ==

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 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 ==