Latviešu valodas verbu valences marķēšanā izmantojamās semantiskās lomas
The set of the semantic roles for annotation of the Latvian verb valency

Summary/Abstract: This paper deals with the set of the semantic roles used in annotation of the valency of Latvian verbs. It describes the granularity, i.e., how fine-grained or coarse-grained semantic roles are chosen and which grammatical forms correspond to semantic roles in Latvian. The set of the semantic roles has been developed taking into account several approaches to case grammar and verb valency (Fillmore, 1968; Hajičová, 1993; Sližienė 1994, 2004; Van Valin, LaPolla 2004; Mustajoki, 2006). However, semantic roles are chosen and classified also according to the language corpora used in annotation. The main concern is most important (mainly core) semantic roles – AGENT, PATIENT, EXPERIENCER etc. The description of each semantic role includes the information about its grammatical form. Semantic roles with adverbial meaning and the problem of core and peripheral semantic roles are just outlined. This article reflects the current state of the database of the valency of Latvian verbs and the set of semantic roles which can be changed.

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