Semantic Roles

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Ci

Cc

Ca

Cb

Cd

Form

NP/NCl

VP

NP/PP
NP
AdjP
Adv Cl
NCl

NP
AdvCl
AdjP
NP/PP

AdvP
AdvCl
NP/PP

Syntactic Function

Subj

Pdtor

Oi
Od
Cs
Adv1

Od
Co
Adv 2

Advn

Syntantic
Meaning/Semantic
Role

Causer/Agentive
External/Causer
Causer/Instrumental
Dative/Experiencer
Dative/Recipient
Objetive/Affected
Objective/Effected

Action
State
Process

Oi Dative Recipient

Od Objective / Affected
Od Objective / Effected
Od Dative / Experiencer

Adv 1 Manner
Purpose
Reason
Instrumental
Commitative
Temporal/Point
Temporal /Period
Locative/Location
Locative/Source
Locative/Extension
Locative/Goal

Od Objective / Affected
Od Objective / Effected
Od Dative / Experiencer
Cs Attribute / Current
Cs Attribute / Resulting
Adv 1 Manner
Purpose
Reason
Instrumental
Commitative
Temporal/Point
Temporal /Period
Locative/Location
Locative/Source
Locative/Extension
Locative/Goal

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Cs Attribute / Current
Cs Attribute / Resulting

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Ci / Cc / Ca / Cb / Cn

Constituent Type

Lex or Synt

Syntactic Function

Prem H Postm
An important
feature of a systemic functional approach to
Syntactic Meaning
N / (Denoter)
linguistic1.study
is its insistence on studying actual instances of
2. NP/Proper Name (Identifier)
language 3.that
have(Specifier)
been used (or are being used) by speakers or
NP/PP
writers. 4. AdjP (Qualifier) Subjective
(Descriptor) Objective
(Classifier) Class
Linguists1.areDet
more
to arrive at interesting and useful
/ Art likely
/ Indef (Non-Deictic-Non-Definer)
2. Det/
Art / Def (Deictic-Definer)
descriptions
of English
if they investigate authentic texts.
3. Prep (See Adverbials)
4. Adj ed-ing (Descriptor)
A text is any
of language, regardless of length, that is
5. sstretch
(Definer-Possessor)
spoken
6. or
AdjP/Generic (Generic Marker/Classifier/Denoter)
7. the
Pronoun
(Identifier)
written for
purposes
of communication by real people in
Quant P (Quantifier)
actual8. circumstances.

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Jane is writing a report. (causer/agentive)
The electric shock killed him. (external/causer)
A black car knocked them down. (causer/instrument)

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I need more time. (dative/experiencer)

The assistant got some extra money for his work.

(dative/recipient)

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That flat belongs to my father-in-law.(Objective/Affected)

A new car has been designed by Ford. (Objective/Effected)

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My brother has just fixed the fence. (Action)
She is feeling exhausted. (State)
The authorities have come up with a new plan. (Process)

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He edited both drafts. (Objective/Affected)
My mother baked a delicious cake. (Objective/Effected)
The police arrested a drunk man. (Dative/Experiencer)

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They gave him a clock on his retirement.

(Dative/Recipient)

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He seems unhappy. (Attribute/Current)

She got tired. (Attribute/Result)

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They consider me their closest friend. (Attribute/Current)

The heat has turned the milk sour. (Attribute/Resulting)

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I can recommend him with complete confidence. (Manner)
He went to the market to get some batteries. (Purpose)
She was fined for dangerous driving. (Reason)
You must open that door with the new key. (Instrumental)
He is studying with his sister. (Commitative)

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My father was born in 1947. (Temporal/Point)
I havent seen him for a while. (Temporal/Period)
I always buy clothes in the same shop. (Locative/Location)
I heard the news on the radio. (Locative/Source)
He walked ten miles.(Locative/Extension)
I am not going anywhere. (Locative/Goal)

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1.Several tourists must have been injured in the mountains due to the avalanche.
2. The slow pace of peace talks has complicated Juan Manuel Santoss campaign.
3. The moderate opposition announces a suspension of talks.
4. In June this year Brazil was struck by an outbreak of mass protests.

5. Dr. Mller validated all the instruments before interviewing the subjects.

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6.Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypts former defence minister who organized the coup last
July that overthrew the previously elected president, Muhammad Mursi, was elected
head of State.
7. Subcomandante Marcos, long-time head of Mexicos Zapatista rebels announced
that he was stepping down as the groups spokesman.
8. Nine days after Malawis presidential elections, the results had not been
announced by the electoral commission.

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9.Glaxo Smith Kline, a British drug maker, is being investigated by the UKs Serious
Fraud Office.
10.On the night of June 3rd-4th 1989, the Chinese army unleashed its tanks in the centre
of Beijing to crush a protest that had begun seven weeks earlier.
11.The protest movement that shook Brazil last year has not died. But it is unlikely to
disrupt the World Cup.

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