Лекции по теоретической грамматике английского языка. Тивьяева И.В. - 99 стр.

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It should be noted that some semantic roles can be minimized, that is
become a component of the semantic structure of a word. Presence of a mini-role
in a verb’s semantics prevents it from appearing in the sentence.
e.g. to floor – to bring down to the floor (locative
)
He floored the intruder with one blow. - * He floored the intruder to the
floor with one blow.
to bag – to put into a bag (locative
)
to nose – to push with the nose (instrument
)
to sugar – to saturate with sugar (material
/substance)
to catholicize – to turn to Catholicism (factitive
)
to feed – to supply food (patient
)
to winter – to stay during the winter (temporative
)
2. Actual Division of the Sentence
The actual division of the sentence, called also the "functional sentence
perspective", exposes the informative perspective of the sentence showing what
immediate semantic contribution the sentence parts make to the total information
conveyed by the sentence. The sentence can be divided into two sections – theme
and rheme.
The theme is the part of the proposition that is being talked about
(predicated
). The theme expresses the starting point of communication; it means
that it denotes an object or a phenomenon about which something is reported. Once
stated, the theme is therefore "old news", i.e. the things already mentioned and
understood.
The predicate that gives information on the topic is called rheme. The
rheme expresses the basic informative part of the communication,
emphasizing its contextually relevant centre. Between the theme and the rheme
are positioned intermediary, transitional parts of the actual division of various
degrees of informative value (these parts are sometimes called "transition").

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