SEMANTIC ROLE

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There is 1 meaning of the phrase Semantic Role.

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"In the sentence "John threw the ball", John is the semantic role of the agent."

"The semantic role of the recipient in the sentence "Mary gave the book to John" is played by John."

"The semantic role of the theme in the sentence "Tom ate the pizza" is played by the pizza."

"In the sentence "The dog is chasing the cat", the dog plays the semantic role of the actor."

"The semantic role of the experiencer in the sentence "Sara feels sad" is played by Sara."

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