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obl:agent: agent in passive construction

The obl:agent relation is used to link an agent noun phrase to the main verb, where the agent substantive(i.e., noun, pronoun, proper noun, etc.) is preceded by the function word 被 bèi (tagged ADP), known as the “long passive” construction.

# visual-style 3 2 obl:agent	color:blue
# visual-style 2	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 2	fgColor:white
# visual-style 3	bgColor:blue
# visual-style 3	fgColor:white
1	被	_	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	by
2	我	_	PRON	_	_	3	obl:agent	_	1SG
3	扔掉	_	VERB	_	_	0	root	_	throw-away
4	了	_	PART	_	_	3	discourse:sp	_	SP

1	"It's	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
2	been	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
3	thrown	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
4	away	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
5	by	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_
6	me."	_	_	_	_	0	_	_	_

For the “short passive” construction where the agent is absent, the function word 被 bèi is treated as a passive auxiliary (tagged AUX; see aux:pass).


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