1. The simple sentence Nguyễn Hồng Diệu HULIS VNU (cont.)

7. Agentive Subject Animate causer of the happening John opened the door. (The most typical semantic role of a subject is AGENTIVE; that is, the animate being instigating or causing the happening denoting by the verb)

8. Instrumental Subject Inanimate causer of the happening The wind opened the door. The unwitting (generally inanimate) material cause of an event

9. Affected Subject One being affected by the event The door opened. This role of subject is found with: Intransitive verbs: E.g.: Jack fell down Intensive verbs: E.g.: The pen is lying on the table

12. Agentive Subject Affected Subject vs. John / the wind opened the door vs. The door opened Terrorists blew up the dam vs. The dam blew up Somebody raised an arm vs. An arm rose She is improving her writing vs. Her writing is improving They narrowed the road vs. The road became narrower I am growing my roses vs. My roses are growing

13. Rephrase the sentences so that O affected becomes S affected 1. I have broken my glasses E.g.: Terrorists blew up the dam  The dam blew up 2. Her jealousy has killed my love for her 3. Someone has moved that picture 4. The driver stopped the train 5. The guard shut the gate quickly My glasses have broken My love for her has died That picture has moved The train stopped The gate shut quickly Further Practice

14. Recipient Subject One that receives the happening John has a beautiful wife This role of subject is found with such verbs as have, own, possess, benefit (from)… and more …

15. ‘ Do you love me, honey?’ ‘ Look into my eyes’ She said softly, ‘ You’ll see my answer in there?’ I looked into her big, round, blue eyes and I saw a fire burning there. Do the subjects in the two coordinate clauses have the same semantic role?

16. Answer Perceptual verbs See, Hear require a recipient subject in contrast to Look at , Listen to , which are agentive Verbs indicating cognition or emotion may also require a recipient subject. E.g: I thought you were mistaken (It seemed to me …) I liked the play (The play gave me pleasure)

17. How can you say this in English? Em có nghe thấy gió nói gì không? Can you hear what the wind is whispering? The subject of the sentence is recipient

18. Locative Subject One that denotes location E.g.: The bus can hold forty people (Forty people can sit in the bus )

19. Temporal Subject One that denotes time E.g.: Tomorrow is my birthday (It is my birthday tomorrow )

20. Eventive Subject One that denotes event E.g.: The concert is on Thursday

21. Empty “IT” Subject One that lacks semantic content E.g.: It is getting dark

23. Affected direct object A participant which does not cause the happening denoted by the verb but is directly involved in some other way E.g.: Many MPs criticised the Prime Minister

24. Locative direct object One that shows location and is often found after such verbs as turn, leave, reach, cross, surround, penetrate, climb ... E.g.: They climbed the mountain

27. Effected direct object 2. Object that repeats partially or wholly the meaning of the verb E.g.: Mary sang a song We fought a good fight – and lost

28. Effected direct object 3. Object that takes the form of a verbal noun preceded by a common verb of general meaning E.g.: He did little work that day The prisoner made no comment Have, do, make, take, give, pay ....

29. Recipient indirect object An animate participant being passively implicated by the happening or state E.g.: I have found you a place He gave his son some money

30. Affected indirect object He gave the door a kick Affected = He kicked the door (Exceptional) Affected

31. Affected indirect object I paid her a visit = I visited her Affected Affected Effected