3.28. Sem_Role - Semantic Role

3.28.1. Description

Detemines what types of semantic roles are supported by gesture or conveyed solely in gesture

3.28.2. Format

entry       ::=  code_set [op code_set]*
code_set    ::=  code_list [set_op code_list]*
code_list   ::=  null | code | entity_code [entity_op entity_code]*
null        ::=  "X"
code        ::=  "TA" | "IA" | "PO" | "EX" | "PA" | "TH" | "EN" | "AE" | "IE" | "AS" | "IS" | "PT" | "SC" | "AC" | "IN" | "AA" | "BE" | "TI" | "LO" | "UC"
entity_code ::=  "EO" | "EP" | "ED" | "EL"
entity_op   ::=  ","
set_op      ::=  "/"
op          ::=  ";"

3.28.3. Values

CODE must be drawn from the following:

Code	Meaning	Description
TA	Transitive Agent	The actor purposefully performs an action to or on another entity.
IA	Inransitive Agent	The actor purposefully performs an action that does not have a patient or theme.
PO	Possessor	An entity characterized in a sentence by having, owning, or holding an object.
EX	Experiencer	The person or entity that experiences a state or event but does not initiate or affect it.
PA	Patient	The recipient of a transformative action performed by the AGENT. The action leaves the patient changed in form or kind.
TH	Theme	The entity moving in a locative action. The action leaves the theme changed in space or time.
EL	Locative Entity	An object or entity that is described as being in a particular place
EO	Owned Entity	An object or entity that is described as belonging to or being in the possession of a person, animal, or character. Entities described as belonging to non-animate objects are described entities.
EP	Perceived Entity	An object or entity that is described as being perceived through a sense or emotion (usually paired with an experiencer)
ED	Described Entity	An object or entity that is described as having a particular characteristic or use
EN	Named Entity	An object or entity that is labeled with no futher description
AE	Animate Endpoint	The person/animal at which a translocational action ends
IE	Inanimate Endpoint	The place at which a translocational action ends
AS	Animate Source	The persona/animal from whence a translocational action originates or the origin of an entity
IS	Inanimate Source	The place from when a translocational action originates or the origin of an entity
PT	Path	The relative location where an action takes place or through which an object moves
SC	Static Comparative	The second argument in comparisons of static traits between entities
AC	Active Comparative	The second argument in comparisons of action traits between entities
IN	Instrument	A tool used to perform an action. It can take the place of an agent, but is still referred to as an instrument if it is incapable of performing the action without an agent.
AA	Accompanying Actor	A person or entity that performs the action along with the agent
BE	Beneficiary	A person or animate character who benefits as the restul of the action. Purposes (e.g. this is for dinner) are not coded.
TI	Time	The time at which an action/event occurs
LO	Location	The location where an action/event occurs
UC	Unclear	The role of the gesture is unclear
X	Doesn’t Exist/Null	The gestures refers to a part of speech that cannot take a semantic role (e.g. a verb).

Ops are drawn from the following set of operators:

op	Meaning
;	Separates all codes
/	Used to combine representational codes into single units
,	Used to create a list of values

3.28.4. Vertical Dependencies

None

3.28.5. Horizontal Dependencies

Sem_Role is dependent on the G_Type Column.

If the corresponding G_Type code is C, FA, or G, the Sem_Role code must be X. Otherwise, anything that is appropriate for the current utterance is allowed.

3.28.6. Depended Upon By

None