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<p>In certain theories of <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a>, <b>thematic relations</b>, also known as <b>semantic roles</b> or <b>thematic roles</b>, are the various roles that a <a href="page.php?w=noun_phrase">noun phrase</a> may play with respect to the action or state described by a governing verb, commonly the sentence's main verb. For example, in the sentence "Susan ate an apple", Susan is the doer of the eating, so she is an <a href="page.php?w=Agent_%28grammar%29">agent</a>; an apple is the item that is eaten, so it is a <a href="page.php?w=Patient_%28grammar%29">patient</a>.</p><p>
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