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Revision as of 01:15, 8 December 2011
A semantic element of a sentence whose theta role is defined as a noun whose position or condition has changes due to an action that has effected it. For example, in the sentence Billy gave the book to Abby. Book is the theme, because it has changed hands or positions.
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