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Instrument and experiencer. instrument. If an agent uses another entity in order to perform an action, that other entity. experiencer. When a noun phrase is used to designate an entity as the person who has a feeling, perception or state. In the sentence The boy feels sad, the experiencer (The boy)is the only semantic role. In the question, Did you hear that noise?, the experiencer is you and the theme is that noise.