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MORPHOLOGY/SYNTAX: propensity of verbs to take (or not take) particular kinds of arguments. EXAMPLE: the verb open is associated with the semantic roles Agent, Theme, and Instrument (e.g. John [AGENT] opened the door [THEME] with his key [INSTRUMENT]), while the verbs ran and arrive are only associated with the Agent role (Bill ran) or Theme role (John arrived), respectively.