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Dear Linda,<br>
<br>
I just tried a search (on a different corpus, but also one with the
same tag set, even though the tags are attached to the ending rather
than to the beginning of words). Anyway the following should work:<br>
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cite="mid970778.9952.qm@web81610.mail.mud.yahoo.com">
<div><w VBD>* <w VVN> I put * after the first tag to
mean any form of BE</div>
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<w VB*<br>
<br>
This should include all forms of <i>be </i>(I think VBD just refers
to the past tense and does not occur on its own just as VBDZ for <i>was</i>,
and VBDR for <i>were</i>)<br>
<br>
<w VVN>*<br>
<br>
This should include any word classified as a past participle.<br>
So the search string <b><w VB* <w VVN>* </b>should work,
maybe also <w VB* and <w VVN>* as context word (with horizon
0/2), because this would also cover passives with an adverb intervening
between the auxiliary and the participle (e.g. <i>was really adopted</i>).<br>
<br>
I may have made a mistake here myself...<br>
<br>
Best regards<br>
<br>
Georg<br>
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"I drew a treasure map on your hand"
Ani diFranco
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