A07
extended
Scene core
Participant roles
Instrument / Mediator
With what or through what does it happen?
intermediate
Instrumental
Instrument
Means
含义
The tool, medium, body part, system, channel, or mediator used to perform or transmit the action.
如何识别
Ask what tool or channel makes the action possible.
示例
单词
knife|phone|car|email|hand
短语
with a knife|by email|through the app
句子
He cut the bread with a knife.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Actor │ uses ▼ Instrument / mediator │ makes possible ▼ Action He cut bread with a knife.
Compare shape
Same role, different shapes: with a knife (preposition) knife-CASE (case ending) by email (medium) through the app (channel) hand + cut (bare/compound) Ask: with/through what?
语言视角
用母语深入讲解
中文
显性程度
medium
重要程度
Instruments are often introduced with 用 yòng or 拿 ná before the main verb, forming a pre-verbal instrument phrase.
她用刀切面包。
tā yòng dāo qiē miànbāo = she use knife cut bread
在所学语言中
英语
显性程度
strong
学习难度
英语通常用介词表示工具或媒介，最常见的是 with。
She cut the bread with a knife.
with a knife = 工具/手段（用一把刀）
常见易错点
学习者可能选错介词，或漏掉表示工具的介词。
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.