Morphological Tags

Contents

• Part-of-speech tags
• Abbreviations
• Adjectives
• Adverbs
• Determiners
• Nouns
• Numerals
• Pronouns
• Prepositions
• Verbs

Part-of-speech tags

A

adjective (small)

ABBR

abbreviation (*ltd.)

ADV

adverb (soon)

CC

coordinating conjunction (and)

CS

subordinating conjunction (that)

DET

determiner (any)

INFMARK>

infinitive marker (to)

INTERJ

interjection (hooray)

N

noun (house)

NEG-PART

negative particle (not)

NUM

numeral (two)

PCP1

-ing form (writing)

PCP2

-ed/-en form (written)

PREP

preposition (in)

PRON

pronoun (this)

V

verb (write)

Features for abbreviations

<Title>

title (*dr)

GEN

genitive (*corp.'s)

NOM

nominative (vol.)

PL

plural (figs.)

SG

singular (ed.)

SG/PL

singular or plural (mm)

Features for adjectives

<Attr>

attributive (entire)

<DER:al>

derived adjective in -al (radical)

<DER:ble>

derived adjective in -ble (enjoyable)

<DER:ic>

derived adjective in -ic (economic)

<DER:ive>

derived adjective in -ive (instinctive)

<DER:less>

derived adjective in -less (timeless)

<DER:like>

derived adjective in -like (treelike)

<DER:ward>

derived adjective in -ward (homeward)

<DER:wise>

derived adjective in -wise (clockwise)

<Nominal>

likely NP head (*egyptian)

<Pred>

predicative (leery)

ABS

absolute form (good)

CMP

comparative form (better)

SUP

superlative form (best)

Features for adverbs

<**CLB>

clause boundary (why)

<DER:bly>

derived adverb in -bly (arguably)

<DER:ed>

derived adverb in -ed (decidedly)

<DER:ing>

derived adverb in -ing (disparagingly)

<DER:ly>

derived adverb in -ly (carefully)

<DER:ward>

derived adverb in -ward (westward)

<DER:wards>

derived adverb in -wards (backwards)

<DER:wise>

derived adverb in -wise (likewise)

ABS

absolute form (much)

CMP

comparative form (sooner)

SUP

superlative form (fastest)

WH

wh-adverb (when)

ADVL

adverb always used as an adverbial (in)

Features for determiners

<**CLB>

clause boundary (which)

<Def>

definite (the)

<Genord>

general ordinal (next)

<Indef>

indefinite (an)

<Quant>

quantifier (some)

ABS

absolute form (much)

ART

article (the)

CENTRAL

central determiner (this)

CMP

comparative form (more)

DEM

demonstrative determiner (that)

GEN

genitive (whose)

NEG

negative form (neither)

PL

plural (few)

POST

postdeterminer (much)

PRE

predeterminer (all)

SG

singular (much)

SG/PL

singular or plural (some)

SUP

superlative form (most)

WH

wh-determiner (whose)

Features for nouns

<DER:bility>

derived noun in -bility (visibility)

<DER:ble>

derived noun in -ble (eatables)

<DER:er>

derived noun in -er (leader)

<DER:ing>

derived noun in -ing (meetings)

<DER:ness>

derived noun in -ness (happiness)

<DER:or>

derived noun in -or (aggressor)

<DER:ship>

derived noun in -ship (leadership)

<NRare>

word only rarely used as a noun (primary)

<Proper>

proper (*jones)

<-Indef>

noun with no indefinite article (furniture)

<Title>

title (*professor)

GEN

genitive case (people's)

NOM

nominative case (table)

PL

plural (cars)

SG

singular (car)

SG/PL

singular or plural (means)

Features for numerals

<Fraction>

fraction (two-thirds)

<1900>

likely year number within range 1700-1999 (1823)

CARD

cardinal numeral (four)

ORD

ordinal numeral (third)

SG

singular (one-eighth)

PL

plural (three-eighths)

Features for pronouns

<**CLB>

clause boundary (who)

<Comp-Pron>

compound pronoun (something)

<Generic>

generic pronoun (one's)

<Interr>

interrogative (who)

<NonMod>

pronoun with no DET or premodifier (both)

<Quant>

quantitative pronoun (some)

<Refl>

reflexive pronoun (themselves)

<Rel>

relative pronoun (which)

ABS

absolute form (much)

ACC

accusative (objective) case (us)

CMP

comparative form (more)

DEM

demonstrative pronoun (those)

FEM

feminine (she)

GEN

genitive (our)

INDEP

independent genitive form (theirs)

MASC

masculine (he)

NEG

negative form (none)

NOM

nominative (they)

PERS

personal pronoun (you)

PL

plural (fewer)

PL1

1st person plural (us)

PL2

2nd person plural (yourselves)

PL3

3rd person plural (them)

RECIPR

reciprocal pronoun (each=other)

SG

singular (much)

SG/PL

singular or plural (some)

SG1

1st person singular (me)

SG2

2nd person singular (yourself)

SG2/PL2

2nd person singular or plural (you)

SG3

3rd person singular (it)

SUP

superlative form (most)

WH

wh-pronoun (who)

SUBJ

a pronoun in the nominative that is always used as a subject (he)

Features for prepositions

<CompPP>

multi-word preposition (in=spite=of)

Features for verbs

<Arch>

archaic form (maketh)

<DER:ate>

derived verb in -ate (insinuate)

<Rare>

word only rarely used as a verb (better)

<Vcog>

verb that takes a that-clause (assume)

<SV>

intransitive (go)

<SVO>

monotransitive (open)

<SVOO>

ditransitive (give)

<SVC/A>

copular with adjective complement (plead)

<SVC/N>

copular with noun complement (become)

<down/SVC/A>

copular with A, phrasal verb (fall down)

<out/SVC/A>

copular with A, phrasal verb (turn out)

<out/SVC/N>

copular with N, phrasal verb (turn out)

<up/SVC/A>

copular with A, phrasal verb (stand up)

<up/SVC/N>

copular with N, phrasal verb (end up)

<SVOC/A>

complex trans. with adjective complement (consider)

<SVOC/N>

complex trans. with noun complement (call)

<as/SVOC/A>

complex trans. with A, prepositional verb (characterise)

<for/SVOC/A>

complex trans. with A, prepositional verb (mistake)

<into/SVOC/A>

complex trans. with A, prepositional verb (make)

-SG1,3

other than 1st or 3rd person sg. (are)

-SG3

other than 3rd person sg. (write)

AUXMOD

modal auxiliary (can)

IMP

imperative (go)

INF

infinitive (be)

NEG

negative (cannot)

PAST

past tense (wrote)

PRES

present tense (sings)

SG1

1st person sg.(am)

SG1,3

1st or 3rd person sg.(was)

SG2

2nd person sg.(hast)

SG3

3rd person sg.(writes)

SUBJUNCTIVE

subjunctive (be)

VFIN

finite form (lives)

<P/for>

the verb can take a for-PP as a complement (look)

<P/in>

the verb can take an in-PP as a complement (cast)

<P/of>

the verb can take an of-PP as a complement (consist)

<P/on>

the verb can take an on-PP as a complement (build)

<P/with>

the verb can take a with-PP as a complement (bear)

<InfComp>

a potential infinitive complementiser (feel)