To simplify -- different verbs require different number of nouns to be complete. Some of arguments may be implicit in the real usage of language. So, my question is there any database containing many verbs (around 1000 verbs) with their argument structure. Or alternatively, a list of papers where argument structure is analyzed for specific verbs.
I don't know of any such database (although I'm currently working on a semantic dictionary of Spanish causative verbs which will provide argument structure information). Best I can do is recommend a paper of mine, an analysis of a group of Spanish causative verbs. It has a phonological, a semantic, and a syntactic part. The semantic part includes argument structure and the syntactic part links it to constituent structure. It's not as large as 1000 verbs, but maybe it's a place to start?
Article A Parallel Architecture Approach to Spanish Verbal Derivatio...
You could check out the Lexical Conceptual Structure (LCS) Database by the researchers in the Computational Linguistics and Information Processing Laboratory, headed by Bonnie J. Dorr, of the University of Maryland. It has 11,000 verb entries, with additional documentation on arguments. Here is the link.
Dorr, B. J. (2001). LCS database documentation. https://users.umiacs.umd.edu/~bonnie/Demos/LCS_Database_Documentation.html
Good luck,
There are several (it would be nice to have an organised list of these databases, or point toward some list if it already exists):
-FrameNet (for English and Spanish, and perhaps other languages that I'm not aware of): https://framenet.icsi.berkeley.edu/fndrupal/about
-SemLink: This one merges several other databases:
https://verbs.colorado.edu/verb-index/vn3.3/
In Spanish there are others:
-ADESSE: http://adesse.uvigo.es/
-AnCora: http://clic.ub.edu/corpus/es/ancora (also for catalán)
-SenSem: http://grial.uab.es/ (once available, now apparently broken) (also catalán).
-BDS: http://www.bds.usc.es/
Different languages: http://regdili.hf.ntnu.no:8081/multilanguage_valence_demo/multivalence
Also, regarding your question, it would be useful to become familiar with the linguistic framework that guided the construction of these databases, whether they include arguments and adjuncts, etc. Some of them are available to download, others aren't.
Thanks everyone!
It is really a lot of information to digest.
Cynthia Pamela Audisio May be this would be a good place to collect links to database or summaries here and then create a page with a summary with maybe introductory .
From stackexchange (https://linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/40583/is-there-any-database-with-english-verb-argument-structure?noredirect=1#comment93334_40583)
there's A Valency Dictionary of English https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783110892581/html
also, a very important study (not a database) is Verb Valency Patterns by Susen Faulhaber Article Idiosyncrasy in Verb Valency Patterns
Sure, such a list could be really helpful. Let's hope we have some more answers (and about more languages).
I don't have such a database,but I think it can be made by yourself.Such as verb argument structure you said,you can search the data you need from a book or a dictionary,then write down on the table.Besides，you can search database in the internet,some people may upload their data.Hope it can help you.
You can refer to LCS (lexical Conceptual Data Base) ,it may be helpful for your case.
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