A Feature-based System for Classifying Semantic Roles
Tom Mylne · 1999
Most theories of syntax include a theory of an argument list in which the (syntactic) arguments of a predicate are linked to an ordered list of variable names. Each variable name corresponds to an argument in the syntax, and to a role player (Napoli, 1989) in the situation denoted by the predicate. The roles played by the semantic role players are commonly described in terms of THEMATIC ROLES.