阿摩線上測驗
20“The courier carried the document from Halifax to Vancouver.” The thematic role of the word “Halifax” is a .
(A) theme
(B) source
(C) goal
(D) agent
統計： A(54), B(423), C(32), D(69), E(0) #1797523
詳解 (共 5 筆)
(整理網路上查到的資料)
Thematic Roles (論旨角色)
The arguments which a verb assigns are referred to as Thematic or Theta Roles.
Major theta roles include:
(1) Agent (主事者) --The entity that intentionally carries out the action of the verb.
(2) Experiencer (心理上的過程、經驗) --The entity that undergoes an emotion, a state of being, or a perception expressed by the verb.
(3) Theme (受事者，受動作後可能存在者) --The entity that directly receives the action of the verb.
(4) Patient (受試者，受動作後可能不存在者)
(5) Instrument (工具) --The entity by which the action of the verb is carried out.
(6) Goal (目的) --The direction towards which the action of the verb moves.
(7) Source (來源) --The direction from which the action originates.
(8) Location (地點) --The location where the action of the verb takes place.
(9) Benefactive--The entity that receives a concrete or abstract element as a result of the action of the verb
【舉例】
★舉例1
| John | hit | George | with | a | stick. |
| (Agent) | (Theme) | (Instrument) |
★舉例2
| Harry | bought | two | books | from | the | store. |
| (Agent) | (Theme) | (Source) |
★舉例3
| The | cookies | were | eaten | in | the | kitchen | by | the | girl. |
| (Theme) | (Location) | (Agent) |
★舉例4
| I | ate | three | cakes. |
| (Agent) | (Patient) |
★舉例5
| John | loves | Mary. |
| (Experiencer) | (Experiencer) |
【相關說法】
The courier carried the document from Halifax to Vancouver.
Agent Theme Source Goal
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