English 306A; Harris 1 Sentences Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats. Homer eats crap. The fat bald guy eats crap. The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery- hardening crap. The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone.

English 306A; Harris 2 Verbs Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats. Homer eats crap. The fat bald guy eats crap. The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery- hardening crap. The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone.

English 306A; Harris 3 Arguments Homer preens. Homer loves his blanket. Homer eats. Homer eats crap. The fat bald guy eats crap. The fat bald guy eats vast quantities of artery- hardening crap. The fat bald guy throws the dog a bone. V1V1 V2V2 V1V1 V2V2 V2V2 V2V2 V3V3

English 306A; Harris 4 Sentences Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone to the dog

English 306A; Harris 5 Verbs Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone to the dog.

English 306A; Harris 6 Arguments Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. V COP V COMP V2V2 V T-COMP V T-C0MP

English 306A; Harris 7 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. PatientEssive

English 306A; Harris 8 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. PatientEssive

English 306A; Harris 9 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. PatientEssive

English 306A; Harris 10 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. AgentGoal

English 306A; Harris 11 Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. Semantic roles PatientPossessor

English 306A; Harris 12 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. PatientAgentBeneficiary

English 306A; Harris 13 Semantic roles Homer is sexy. Homer is a nuclear-plant operations guy. Homer is in the kitchen. Homer goes to the bar. The collar belongs to Santa’s Little Helper. Marge bakes a cake for Maggie. Bart throws a bone at the dog. PatientAgentGoal

English 306A; Harris 14 RoleDefinition Agent The entity that performs the action Patient The entity undergoing the action; the object of the experience; the sponsor of a state Experiencer The entity that experiences the state Beneficiary The entity benefits something from the event Essive Anything predicated by the (main) verb “to be” Possessor The entity who possesses something. Source The starting point for a movement Goal The end point for a movement Path The route over which movement happens Time The time an event occurs Location The place an event happens Semantic Roles

English 306A; Harris 15 Event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Moving Transferring Complex Simplex

English 306A; Harris 16 RoleEvent Schemata Agent DOING, MOVING, TRANSFERRING Patient BEING, HAPPENING, DOING, EXPERIENCING, HAVING, MOVING, TRANSFERRING Experiencer EXPERIENCING Beneficiary TRANSFERRING Essive BEING Possessor HAVING, TRANSFERRING Source MOVING, TRANSFERRING Goal Path Time ALL Location Semantic Roles

English 306A; Harris 17 Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having E.g.s Homer is large. Homer is a safety inspector. Homer is in the shower. Complements Subjects Subject NP ≈ Patient Complement ≈ Essive EssivesPatients V COP

English 306A; Harris 18 Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subject NP ≈ Patient E.g.s Homer fell asleep. Homer ages. Homer stumbled. Subjects Patients V1V1

English 306A; Harris 19 Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subject NP ≈ Agent E.g.s Homer eats. Homer yells. Subjects Agents V1V1

English 306A; Harris 20 Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subject NP ≈ Agent (Object NP ≈ Patient) E.g.s Homer eats. Homer yells. Homer catches Bart. Homer kissed Marge. Subjects Agents Objects Patients V1V1 V2V2

English 306A; Harris 21 Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subject NP ≈ Experiencer (Object NP ≈ Patient) E.g.s Homer laments. Homer loathes Flanders. Homer saw Chief Wiggum. V1V1 V2V2

English 306A; Harris 22 (Contrast: Homer watched Chief Wiggum.) Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subject NP ≈ Experiencer (Object NP ≈ Patient) E.g.s Homer laments. Homer loathes Flanders. Homer saw Chief Wiggum. Subjects Experiencer Objects Patients V1V1 V2V2

English 306A; Harris 23 Subject NP ≈ Possessor Object NP ≈ Patient E.g.s Homer has three kids. Homer has a keen sense of smell. Homer has chicken pox. Homer owns a dog. Homer possesses a hatbox. Simplex event schemata Being Happening Doing Experiencing Having Subjects Possessors Objects Patients V2V2

English 306A; Harris 24 Complex event schemata Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion. Start = Source End = Goal Route = Path Moving Happening Transferring

English 306A; Harris 25 Complex event schemata Simplex occurrence (Happening, Having, or Doing) with explicit reference to motion. Happening + Source/Path/Goal Doing + Source/Path/Goal Moving Happening Transferring

English 306A; Harris 26 Complex event schemata Happening + Source/Path/Goal Subj NP ≈ Patient Complements ≈ Source, Path, Goal Moving Happening Transferring

English 306A; Harris 27 Complex event schemata Happening + Source/Path/Goal E.g.s Homer staggered home. Homer staggered home from Apu’s. Homer staggered home, down the sidewalk from Apu’s. Moving Happening Transferring

English 306A; Harris 28 Complex event schemata Happening + Source/Path/Goal Moving Happening Transferring Homer staggered home, down the sidewalk from Apu’s. PatientSourcePath Goal

English 306A; Harris 29 Complex event schemata Doing + Source/Path/Goal E.g.s Homer climbed out of the window. Homer climbed up Mount Splashmore from base camp to the summit. Homer ran screaming across the back yard to Flander’s. Moving Doing Transferring

English 306A; Harris 30 Complex event schemata Doing + Source/Path/Goal Moving Doing Transferring Homer ran screaming across the back yard to Flander’s. AgentPath Goal

English 306A; Harris 31 Complex event schemata HavingMoving + Moving Transferring A complex schema already Happening or Doing + Source/Path/Goal Moving Doing Moving Happening

English 306A; Harris 32 Complex event schemata E.g. Bart found a wallet. Homer won $1.76 from the Springfield Lottery Corporation. Having Moving Happening + Moving Transferring V T-COMP V2V2

English 306A; Harris 33 Complex event schemata E.g. Homer won $1.76 from the SLC. Possessor Goal Beneficiary Having: Moving: Happening: Possessor Source Patient Having Moving Happening + Moving Transferring V T-COMP

English 306A; Harris 34 Complex event schemata E.g. Homer sold the dog. Homer sold the dog to Moe. Having Moving Doing + Moving Transferring V T-COMP V2V2

English 306A; Harris 35 Complex event schemata E.g. Homer sold the dog. Having Moving Doing + Moving Transferring PossessorPatient SourcePatient Having: Moving: AgentPatient Doing:

English 306A; Harris 36 Complex event schemata E.g. Homer sold the dog to Moe. Having Moving Doing + Moving Transferring PossessorPatient SourcePatient Having: Moving: AgentPatient Doing: Possessor Goal Beneficiary

English 306A; Harris 37 Complex event schemata E.g. Homer sold Moe the dog. Having Moving Doing + Moving Transferring PossessorPatient SourcePatient Having: Moving: AgentPatientDoing: Possessor Goal Beneficiary

English 306A; Harris 38 Homer sold Moe the dog. Homer sold the dog to Moe. V T-COMP V3V3 NVDetN NP VP S Homer sold Moe the dog Homer sold the dog to Moe N NP NV DetN NP VP S N NP P PP Transferring SubjectD-ObjectI-ObjectSubjectCompD-Object PossessorPatient SourcePatient AgentPatient Possessor Goal Beneficiary PossessorPatient SourcePatient AgentPatient Possessor Goal Beneficiary

English 306A; Harris 39 Syntax The sentence the verb and its arguments the subject and the predicate phrase Event schemata simplex complex (simplex + relocation) semantic roles