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. 2018 Mar 13;10:260–268. doi: 10.1016/j.dadm.2018.02.004

Table 3.

Active voice linguistic patterns used for the coverage measure (reproduced from Velazquez [27])

p in R p in S Interpretation Example
N-V N-V Subject + action “boy stealing”
V-N V-N Action over an object “stealing cookies”
P-N P-N Locations + indirect objects “in kitchen”
N-V V-N Subject + action + object “woman washing dishes”

Abbreviations: p, pattern; R, referent; S, subject of comparison; N, noun; V, verb; P, preposition.