Target / Affected One
Who or what is affected by the event?
意味
The participant that receives the action, changes, is moved, is created, is consumed, or is otherwise affected.
見分け方
Ask what the action hits, changes, moves, creates, or concerns.
例
apple|door|letter|problem|him|Mary
eat an apple|open the door|solve the problem
The girl opened the door.
Visual guide
TARGET / AFFECTED ONE what is affected? Actor -> event -> [Target] girl -> opened -> [door] eat -> [apple] solve -> [problem] = affected/changed thing
Target clues may differ order: girl opened [door] case: [door-ACC] marker: OBJ-[door] clitic: opened-[it] agreement: verb -> door context: door understood role = affected one
言語別ビュー
母語の仕組み
The affected target is commonly marked by を, but can be omitted when understood.
本を読んだ。
I read a book.
学習言語では
English usually identifies the affected target by position after the verb, with pronoun case still visible in forms like him and her.
The dog bit the man.
the man = the affected target
Learners may reverse actor and target by changing word order or overuse prepositions after transitive verbs.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.