Participants, events and states
Roles of participants
Who feels, perceives or knows
Who feels, sees, knows, likes, or experiences it?
의미
The participant that has an internal experience: perception, emotion, thought, desire, pain, knowledge, or preference.
알아보는 방법
Look for the person who feels or perceives rather than physically acts.
Visual guide
Inner-experience frame:
this song = stimulus
↓
I = experiencer
(like / feel / know)
Who has it inside?
모국어에서는
한국어
Internal states often use a topic experiencer plus a subject-like body part or feeling phrase.
저는 배가 아파요.