Benton: passive

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diff --git a/benton-handout.tex b/benton-handout.tex
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--- a/benton-handout.tex
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@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
 			which presents features of a situation.
 	Different kinds of situation aspect can be categorised by the features
 		static--dynamic, durative--instantaneous and telic--atelic.
-	Based on Pustejovsky, different types of events can be depicted in diagrams\pagenr{108--9}
+	Based on Smith and Pustejovsky, different types of events can be depicted in diagrams\pagenr{108--9}
 		(see \autoref{fig:situation-transitions}).
+	Different aspects may be communicated lexically, contextually and morphologically, depending on the language\pagenr{112}.
 
 	\begin{figure}[b]
 		\centering
@@ -73,4 +74,20 @@
 	\end{figure}
 }
 
+\summary{
+	Benton distinguishes the semantical
+		\term{Agent} (A)\note{volitionally performs an action, typically affecting another entity},
+		\term{Patient} (O)\note{undergoes the action of the Agent} and
+		\term{Subject} (S)\note{of a one-place predicate}\pagenr{116}.
+
+	In the passive, usually, the A-role is demoted and the O-role is promoted to S.
+	However, an S does not always correspond to an O-role%
+		\note{consider ``The man went into the building,'' where `man' is an S,
+			and ``The man entered the building,'' where `man' is an A:
+			the \emph{syntactical} roles differ,
+			while the \emph{semantical} roles are identical}.
+	An A is logical, psychological, semantic and grammatical subject.
+	Demotion can be restricted to some types of subject, depending on the language.
+}
+
 \end{document}