Erlangen Valency Patternbank BETA

— a corpus-based research tool for work on valency and argument structure constructions

List patterns

• active verb patterns
• passive verb patterns
• adjective patterns
• noun patterns

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Pattern query results

Active patterns:

SCU + VHC_act + NP_INF

Passive patterns:

NP_INF + VHC_pass | (+ by_phrase) with verbs marked in yellow

feel (A experience) - have (C tolerate) - have (D experience) - have (F order) - hear (A … sounds) - know (A INFORMATION) - notice - watch (A observe)

Contextually specified patterns

Active patterns:

SCU + [usually:never] + VHC_act + NP_INF

know (A INFORMATION)