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
dytte	t
push	edPAST
V

skapet
skap	et
closet	theDEF
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.