predicate_type: copular-qualitative

subject

semantic_role: carrier

agreement_target: verb

semantic_role: qualitative-attribute

notes: Colwell's Rule: a definite predicate nominative that precedes the copula is anarthrous. John 1:1c is the canonical instance.


predicate_type: existential-continuous

existent

semantic_role: continuous-being

locus

semantic_role: sphere

notes: The imperfect of eimi signals durative pre-existent being. Distinct from aorist which would signal point-in-time origin.


predicate_type: relational-directional

figure

semantic_role: oriented-entity

ground

semantic_role: orientation-target