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Agent is a type of argument or thematic role which designates an entity which is the cause of and has control over the action denoted by the predicate.

Agent is a semantic role denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).

Example

in (i)-(iii) Miguel is the Agent.

(i)   Miguel chased Gianni
(ii)  Miguel gave Pedro some water
(iii) Pedro was hit by Miguel

Link

Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics

References

Grimshaw, J. 1990. Argument Structure, MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
Gruber, J. 1965. Studies in lexical relations, doctoral dissertation, MIT
Jackendoff, R. 1990. Semantic Structures, Cambridge, MIT-Press.
Jackendoff, R. 1972. Semantic interpretation in generative grammar, MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.

Other languages

German Agens
Russian агенс

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-'''Agent''' is a [[semantic role]] denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).
+'''Agent''' is a type of [[argument]] or [[thematic role]] which designates an entity which is the cause of and has control over the action denoted by the predicate.
-===Examples===
+Agent is a semantic role denoting a participant that is actively involved in a situation (generally described by an action verb).
-In (i)-(iii) ''Miguel'' is the Agent.
-(i)   ''Miguel chased Gianni.''
+=== Example ===
-(ii)  ''Miguel gave Pedro some water.''
+in (i)-(iii) ''Miguel'' is the Agent.
+ (i)   Miguel chased Gianni
+ (ii)  Miguel gave Pedro some water
+ (iii) Pedro was hit by Miguel
+=== Link ===
+[http://www2.let.uu.nl/UiL-OTS/Lexicon/zoek.pl?lemma=Agent&lemmacode=1003 Utrecht Lexicon of Linguistics]
+=== References ===
+* Grimshaw, J. 1990. ''Argument Structure,'' MIT-press, Cambridge, Mass.
+* Gruber, J. 1965. ''Studies in lexical relations,'' doctoral dissertation, MIT
+* Jackendoff, R. 1990. ''Semantic Structures,'' Cambridge, MIT-Press.
+* Jackendoff, R. 1972. ''Semantic interpretation in generative grammar,'' MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass.
-(iii) ''Pedro was hit by Miguel.''
 ===Other languages===