Participants, events and states
Roles of participants
Doer or cause
Who or what starts the event?
agent
subject
passive
Makna
The participant that acts, causes, initiates, controls, or is presented as the source of an event.
Cara mengenalinya
Ask who is doing, causing, or starting the event.
Visual guide
ACTOR / SOURCE who starts the event? [the dog] -> bit -> postman [the wind] -> opens [the teacher] -> explains = doer/causer/source
Dalam bahasa ibu Anda
Indonesia
Actors usually appear before the verb in SVO order; voice morphology can shift focus.
Rina menulis surat.