A °nominal bears a theme role if it serves to express a participant that undergoes a change of state or change of location.
theme (SEM) = a semantic role including participant roles for a participant that is the transferred entity in a transfer event. Example: in I sent the forms to the accountant, the entity transferred is the forms. The term ‘theme’ is also used for the participant functioning as the figure in motion, application, removal, and other events involving the movement of the participant. (Section 6.1.2)