#voice.grammatical_relation (linguistics) the grammatical relation (active or passive) of the grammatical subject of a verb to the action that the verb denotes
supertype: grammatical_relation__grammaticalrelation a linguistic relation established by grammar
subtype: active_voice__active the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is performing the action or causing the happening denoted by the verb; "`The boy threw the ball' uses the active voice"
subtype: passive_voice__passivevoice__passive the voice used to indicate that the grammatical subject of the verb is the recipient (not the source) of the action denoted by the verb; "`The ball was thrown by the boy' uses the passive voice"; "`The ball was thrown' is an abbreviated passive"
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