I. Dado opened a suitcase full of weapons.  II. The little ax broke João Gordo’s table.   III. Later, the broken table was swung around menacingly ...

I. Dado opened a suitcase full of weapons. 

II. The little ax broke João Gordo’s table.  

III. Later, the broken table was swung around menacingly by Fat John. 

Select the correct statement regarding the syntactic and semantic (thematic) roles of the underlined segments above: 

a.

The syntactic role of the underlined segments does not vary: they are all subjects. Their thematic roles, however, do vary: they are, in order, experiencer, instrument and theme. 

b.

The syntactic role of the underlined segments does not vary: they are all objects. Their thematic roles, however, do vary: they are, in order, agent, source and theme.

c.

The syntactic role of the underlined segments does not vary: they are all subjects. Their thematic role also does not vary: they are all themes. 

d.

The syntactic roles of the underlined segments vary: they are, in order, subject, subject and object. Their thematic roles also vary: they are, in order, agent, instrument and theme. 

e.

The syntactic role of the underlined segments does not vary: they are all subjects. Their thematic roles, however, do vary: they are, in order, agent, instrument and theme.