Action / Event
What happens? What does someone do?
의미
The central happening, action, change, process, movement, creation, perception, or relation around which the sentence is built.
알아보는 방법
Find the word or phrase that tells what is happening.
예시
run|eat|open|think|become|fall
go home|write a letter|make coffee
The children are playing outside.
Visual guide
ACTION / EVENT what happens? scene frame: participant + [EVENT] + rest children + [are playing] + outside Peter + [go home] = central happening
Event clues may differ plain verb: [run] phrase: [go home] auxiliary: [are playing] inflection: [play-ing] marker: [VERB-ASP] serial: [VERB + VERB] role = happening
언어별 보기
모국어에서는
The main event is carried by the verb stem plus endings for tense, politeness, mood, and clause type.
아이가 달려요.
The child runs.
학습 언어에서는
English events are centered on verbs, often supported by auxiliaries for tense, aspect, voice, or questions.
The children are playing.
are playing = event
Learners may omit auxiliaries or use dictionary verb forms in finite clauses.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.