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`obl:agent`: oblique nominal agent of the passive construction

This subtype of obl is recommended for the agent (or proto-agent) of a passive verb when realized as an oblique nominal (by-PP) in the passive construction:



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
The cat was chased by the dog
nsubj:pass(chased, cat)
obl:agent(chased, dog)
case(dog, by)
{
    "text": "The cat was chased by the dog ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-1-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 3 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T2", "token", [ [ 4, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 11 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T4", "token", [ [ 12, 18 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T5", "token", [ [ 19, 21 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T6", "token", [ [ 22, 25 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-T7", "token", [ [ 26, 29 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-1-R1", "nsubj:pass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T2" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "obl:agent", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T4" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T7" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R3", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T7" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T5" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}



  
    input
    brat
    info
  
We were delighted by the snow
nsubj:pass(delighted, We)
obl:agent(delighted, snow)
case(snow, by)
{
    "text": "We were delighted by the snow ",
    "entities": [
        [ "embedded-2-T1", "token", [ [ 0, 2 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T2", "token", [ [ 3, 7 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T3", "token", [ [ 8, 17 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T4", "token", [ [ 18, 20 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T5", "token", [ [ 21, 24 ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-T6", "token", [ [ 25, 29 ] ] ]
    ],
    "relations": [
        [ "embedded-2-R1", "nsubj:pass", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T1" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-R2", "obl:agent", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T6" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-2-R3", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-2-T6" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-2-T4" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

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obl:agent: oblique nominal agent of the passive construction

`obl:agent`: oblique nominal agent of the passive construction