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 + in_NP

Passive patterns:

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

believe ( GENERAL) - come (special use 8) - come (special use 9) - consist (A involve) - deal (A BUSINESS) - delight (B enjoy) - double (A become twice as much) - end - engage (A ACTIVITY) - fail (A not succeed) - fall (A DOWN) - fall (B … state) - finish - gain - go (ζ) - grow (A …plants) - help - hesitate - increase - invest - join (A … group) - join (B link) - lack (B not possess) - lie [lay lain] - occur (A happen) - pass (C … exam) - reflect (A … light) - result (B have as a consequence) - ride - ride (α) - rise (B VALUE/EXTENT) - rise (E revolt) - rule (B decide) - run (special use 13) - run (special use 14) - share (A divide) - shine (B stand out) - sit (C be member) - sit (special use 5) - speak (A SOUNDS) - stick (A attach) - succeed (A SUCCESS) - swear (α curse) - talk (A utter speech sounds) - trust - unite - vary (A be different) - vary (B change) - visit - work (A do work) - work (special use 2) - write