LIN232H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Theta Role, Nominative Case, Preposition And Postposition
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Theta roles are assigned within the clause containing the predicate that introduces theme. John is the agent of leaving, but the dp john appears in the main clause, far away from its predicate. There is also no subject to the embedded clause. The particular instance of dp movement is frequently called raising. Passive: the puppy was kissed by the policeman. In the active, the policeman is the subject, but in the passive, the puppy is. However, in the passive, the clause "by the policeman" is optional. We treat by-phrases as optional adjuncts, so we put them adjacent to a v" In english, grammatical relations are represented by the position of the noun in the sentence. In these sentences, there is no difference in the form of jennifer that shows whether it is the subject or object, so one has to rely on its place in the sentence. Nominative: i, you, he, she, it, we, you, they.