STIMULUS
It indicates the party/entity/idea/thought/situation or mental state which triggers an unwilled, affective response or is the trigger for an existential states with no tangibly affected patient, e.g., The hammer exemplifies toolship, The man possesses a cat, That book contains poems.. Its semantic role is that of STIMULUS.
- Stimulus
- entity that prompts sensory or emotional feeling – not deliberately (e.g. David loves onions!).
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