Erlangen Valency Patternbank BETA

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

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

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Active patterns:

I + VHC_act + SENTENCE
NP + VHC_act + SENTENCE

Passive patterns:

SENTENCE + VHC_pass | (+ by_phrase) with verbs marked in yellow or green
it + VHC_pass + SENTENCE | (+ by_phrase) with verbs marked in green or blue

announce - answer ( respond) - argue (C claim) - ask (A inquire) - concede - conclude (B think) - demand (B person …) - demand (C ask) - explain - fear - fear (α) - maintain (B claim) - object - order (B command) - pray - promise - pronounce (A state publicly) - recall - repeat (C restate) - reply - report - request - respond - reveal - say - shout - sing - smile - state - suggest (A propose) - suggest (B claim) - urge - warn - whisper - write