Case frames and semantic roles are closely related sets of data in Logos Bible Software because case frames are made up of semantic roles. Case frames and semantic roles inform both the Bible Word Study guide and clause search. Specifically, case frames and semantic roles enhance word study and search related to verbs because case frames provide an analysis of verbal argument structure.
“Causation is an area of semantics that people are highly interested in.” (source)
“frames are based on the idea that verbs require certain types of arguments.” (source)
“This is where meaning (or semantics) can help us. Instead of ambiguous grammatical terms like ‘subject’ and ‘object,’ what if we use semantic categories like ‘agent’ and ‘patient’? If we re-annotate the sentences above, we would get: ‘John [Agent] hit the ball [Patient]’ and ‘The ball [Patient] was hit by John [Agent].’ The ambiguity of ‘subject’ and ‘object’ have been handled because the semantic roles of ‘John’ and ‘the ball’ stay the same in both the active and the passive.” (source)
“Frames, however, go a step beyond this because grammatical words like ‘subject’ and ‘object’ are often ambiguous.” (source)
“First, the case frames are limited in that they cover only verbal arguments and not adjuncts.” (source)