resultant role

Definitions of resultant role
  1. noun
    the semantic role of the noun phrase whose referent exists only by virtue of the activity denoted by the verb in the clause
    synonyms: result
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    type of:
    participant role, semantic role
    (linguistics) the underlying relation that a constituent has with the main verb in a clause
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