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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Active patterns:

SCU + VHC_act + at_NP

Passive patterns:

NP + VHC_pass + at | (+ by_phrase) with verbs marked in yellow

aim (A … weapon) - aim (B … objective) - arrive (C … conclusion etc.) - buy - call (B visit) - catch (δ CONTACT) - charge (B rush) - cheat (A be dishonest) - come (E attack) - complain - cry (A … tears) - curse - fly (α) - get (special use 4) - get (special use 5) - get (special use 6) - get (special use 7) - get (special use 8) - get (ε) - go - go (ι) - grieve - guess - keep (E continue) - knock (A DOOR) - laugh - look (A see) - look (F investigate) - pick (C … bits) - play (A children …) - point - protest - pull - rub (special use 2) - run (B organize) - run (D be at a level) - sell - shine (B stand out) - shoot (A … gun) - shoot (B FOOTBALL) - shout - smile - stand (special use 16) - stand (special use 17) - start (E prices …) - stick (C not change) - stick (special use 5) - stop (special use 3) - stop (special use 4) - strike (B attack) - strike (D disease …) - succeed (A SUCCESS) - swear (α curse) - talk (special use 4) - tear (B VIOLENCE) - travel - tremble - wake - whisper - whistle (A … tune) - win - wonder (α) - work (E progress) - worry - worry (special use 1) - worry (special use 2)