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Revision as of 12:14, 16 January 2010
Voice (also called diathesis) of a verb describes the relationship between the action (or state) that the verb expresses and the participants identified by its arguments (subject, object, etc.).
Natural language
In the UNLarium, the voice values are the following:
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- active voice (ACV): the subject is the agent or actor of the verb
- middle voice (MID): the subject and the object of the verb are the same
- antipassive voice (NPSV)
- passive voice (PSV): the subject is the patient, target or undergoer of the action
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UNL
To be represented by attributes:
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- @active
- @passive
- @reflexive
- @reciprocal
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- @active is the default voice and may be omitted
- He built this house in 1895. build (or build.@active)
Examples
- @active: He built this house in 1895
- @passive: This house was built in 1895.
- @reflexive: He killed himself.
- @reciprocal: They killed each other.
