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Agent (grammar)

In linguistics, a grammatical agent is the thematic relation of the cause or initiator to an event. The agent is a semantic concept distinct from the subject of a sentence as well as from the topic. While the subject is determined syntactically, primarily through word order, the agent is determined through its relationship to the action expressed by the…

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Agent (grammar)

Nodes22
Edges21
Triples3
Avg. degree1.91
Density0.090909
Components1

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Important terminology

agent sentence subject verb grammatical kicked patient ball example action word noun jack english qualities may thematic event distinct relationship

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
perceptioninstance ofeven though it does not have most of the typical agent-like qualities0.80text
movementinstance ofeven though it does not have most of the typical agent-like qualities0.80text
or volitioninstance ofeven though it does not have most of the typical agent-like qualities0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

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