# 表示主语
|grammatical features|indication|function word
in translation|relation|
|-|-|-|-|
|[**nominative** case](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/declension/acc.html)|indicate **agent**|——|[agent ➡ verb
ASV](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/basic-relation/nom/nom-asv.html)|
|[**instrumental** case](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/declension/nom.html)|indicate **agent**|被……|[agent ➡ passive verb
ISV](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/basic-relation/instr/instr-isv.html)|
|[**genitive** case](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/declension/gen.html)|indicate **agent**|……的|[agent ➡ verb
ISV](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/basic-relation/gen/gen-isv.html)|
|[**genitive** case](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/declension/gen.html)|indicate **agent** in adverbial clause of time|——|[agent ➡ verb
ASV](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/basic-relation/gen/gen-isv.html)|
|[**locative** case](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/declension/lov.html)|indicate **agent** in adverbial clause of time|——|[agent ➡ verb
ASV](https://assets-hk.wikipali.org/pali-handbook/zh-Hans/basic-relation/gen/gen-isv.html)|