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obl:agent: agent modifier

The relation obl:agent is used for agents of passive verbs. They are mainly expressed by a noun in the ablative, rarely in the instrumental cases.

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մկրտեին ի նմանէ [Abl] ի Յորդանան գետ \n they were baptized by him in the river of Jordan
obl:agent(մկրտեին, նմանէ)
case(նմանէ, ի)
{
    "text": "մկրտեին ի նմանէ [Abl] ի Յորդանան գետ \n they were baptized by him in the river of Jordan ",
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        [ "embedded-1-R1", "obl:agent", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T1" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T3" ] ] ],
        [ "embedded-1-R2", "case", [ [ "arg1", "embedded-1-T3" ], [ "arg2", "embedded-1-T2" ] ] ]
    ],
    "attributes": [],
    "error": false,
    "sentlabels": [ "1" ]
}

Typical agents are animate, but it is not a rule. Inanimate agents may be sometimes difficult to distinguish from instruments, which are also coded by the instrumental case and are attached using the simple relation obl.

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վարէր հոգւով [Ins] ն յ անապատ \n was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
obl:agent(վարէր, հոգւով)
obl:agent(led, Spirit)
{
    "text": "վարէր հոգւով [Ins] ն յ անապատ \n was led by the Spirit into the wilderness ",
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    ],
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    "sentlabels": [ "2" ]
}

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