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This paper describes conversion of a surface valency lexicon of Czech verbs to a surface valency lexicon of adjectives that can be derived from these verbs and that use their (possibly modified) valency frames. After preparing the necessary data by hand, the conversion can be fully automatic and every change of the source lexicon can be automatically reflected in the destination lexicon. We have successfully converted the verb valency lexicon "Brief" with about 15,000 verbs to a valency lexicon of about 27,000 deverbal adjectives. The paper also describes some interesting peculiarities in the process of creating passive adjectives and their valency frames. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]