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Theme

The theme is the displaced entity, the entity that moves. This does not have to be the subject.

Example:

Jeg dyttet skapet bortover.
“I pushed the closet”
Jeg
jeg
I1SG
N
dyttet
dyttet
pushedPAST
V
skapet
skapet
closettheDEF
N
bortover
bortover
along
ADVm


'Skapet' is here the displaced entity, even though it is not the subject.


'Jeg' is here the displaced entity, and also the subject of the sentence.