These are the main verb valencies currently used in JACY (2006-02-07):

                 
VALENCE ARG1 OBL ARG2 OBL ARG3 OBL Example 　Lexical Type
cop-id_transitive が/COP   NOUN +     だ, です、で は ない cop-id-ordinary-{daiquest, dastem, desustem}-stem-lex, cop-id-quest-stem-{fem, masc, noquestincomp}-lex, cop-id-neg-stem-lex, cop-id-conditional-stem-lex, cop-id-noquest-c2stem-lex, n-obl-i-adj-stem-lex
cop-stem_transitive が   NA-ADJ +     だ, です、で は ない reg-cop-stem-lex, reg-cop-stem-nomod-{desustem, fem}-lex, reg-cop-stem-indicative-{c2stem, dastem-nmod, dastem-nomod, desustem}-lex, cop-neg-stem-lex
cop_transitive が   COP +     だ, な reg-cop-lex-conditional, reg-cop-lex-{indicative, indicative-finite, indicative-nonfinite, indicative-plain}, reg-cop-lex-subjunctive-{plain, polite}, cop-neg-lex, n-cop-lex
intransitive が           歯みがき[する], 座る intrans-{v, c}-stem-lex, vn-intrans-lex
ga-ni_transitive が   に       絡まる v2-{v, c, kurusuru, infinitive}-stem-lex, vn-trans2-lex
ga-to-ni_transitive1 が   と/に       似る, 衝突 [する] v6-{v, c}-stem-lex, vn-trans6-lex
ga-to-ni_transitive2 が   と/に +     なる, 成る、 為る v2b-c-stem-lex
ga-to_transitive1 が   と +     言う, 考える, 約束[する] v3-{v-minusshon, c}-stem-lex, v5a-{v, c, kurusuru}-stem-lex, vn-trans3-lex
ga-to_transitive2 が   と       渡り合う, 確認[する] v5-{v, c, c2, c-minusshon}-stem-lex, vn-trans5-lex
ga-wo_transitive が   を       飲食[する], 食べる v1-{v, v-shon, v-miusshon}-stem-lex, v1-v-stem-{arg1emp, nomorph-bar}-lex, v1-{c, c2, c-minusshon}-stem-lex, v1-c-stem-nomorph-lex, v1-{kurusuru, kurusuru-quest, kurusuru-nonquest, kurusuru-nonquest-overtargs}-stem-lex, vn-trans1-lex, vn-trans1-{hhon, minusbar}-lex
ga-wo-toni-ditransitive が   を   と/に   題する, 略する v7-kurusuru-stem-lex, vn-ditrans-toni-lex
ditransitive が   を   に   提供[する], 頼む v4-{v, c, c2, c-minusshon}-stem-lex, vn-ditrans-lex
mental_state_transitive に/が   が/を       信じる, 分かる mental-{v, v-minusshon, c, c-minusshon, c2-minusshon}-stem-lex
naru_adv_transitive が   ADV       なる, 成る、 為る v2a-c-stem-lex
suru_adv_ditransitive が   を   ADV + する, なさる v-soc-adv-{c2-shon, kurusuru}-stem-lex
suru_noun_ditransitive が   を   に/と + する, なさる v-soc-noun-{c2-shon, kurusuru}-stem-lex
to_intransitive-opt と           [と]いう to_intrans-{c-stem, c-stem-normorph}-lex
sbj-narg_transitive が   NOUN +     かかる v8-{v, c, c2, c-minusshon}-stem-lex, v8-c-stem-wh-lex, na-adj-suffix-lex
aspect_transitive が   V +     [やり]かねる complex-aspect-v-stem-lex, aspect-{c, c2}-stem-lex, pure-aspect-inceptive-{c2, minus_shon-c}-c-stem-lex, pure-aspect-perfprog-kurusuru-stem-lex, pure-aspect-progressive-{v, shon-c2, minus_shon-c2}-stem-lex, pure-aspect-prospective-minus_shon-c-stem-lex, pure-aspect-terminative-c-stem-lex, syn-vv-control-{v, c}-stem-lex , syn-vv-raising-{v, c}-stem-lex
syn-vv-vbar-stem_transitive が   を   V + [やり]まくる syn-vv-intrans-vbar-v-stem-lex
adj_sc が/COP           美しい, 奇麗[な] na-adj-lex, i-adj-stem-lex, i-adj-{hon, minusshon}-stem-lex
perspective_transitive が   に   V + [あげる, 下さる perspective-arg1emp-{v, minus_shon-v, shon-c}-stem-lex, perspective-arg2emp-{v, shon-c2}-stem-lex
saturated MOD           たまたま  

COP includes post-positions like “：”.

NOUN is a bare noun argument.

NA-ADJ is a na-adjective (like きれい).

ADV is an adverbial such as 美しし-く or きれい-に.

V is a predicate argument (VP or S).

MOD is the predicate modified by an adverb.

This information can also be found in Documentation/transitivity.

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