[Corpora-List] Active vs Passive voice

[Francis Bond]

G'day,

This may be overkill, bu you can parse text with a parser such as the ERG (
http://erg.delph-in.net/logon) and then passive verbs will be marked as the
first argument of parg_d (ARG1) in the semantics.  Alternatively, you can
see if the verb went through a passive lexical rule (v_pas_*lr) in the parse
tree (you can see this online by hovering over the second V node above the
verb.

The parser used here (PET) and the grammar (ERG) are both available (linked
from the demo page) with the full source.

http://wiki.delph-in.net/moin/PetTop
http://www.delph-in.net/erg/

On 20 September 2011 05:19, iain <iain at idcl.co.uk> wrote:

> Can anyone point me to resources on active vs. passive voice detection?***
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> There seem to be simple patterns which would detect many passives (noun –
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Francis Bond <http://www3.ntu.edu.sg/home/fcbond/>
Division of Linguistics and Multilingual Studies
Nanyang Technological University
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