| CLAWS TAGSET C8 |
APPGE |
possessive pronoun, pre-nominal (e.g. "my", "your", "our") |
AT |
article (e.g. "the", "no") |
AT1 |
singular article (e.g. "a", "an", "every") |
BCL |
before-clause marker (e.g. "in order (that)", "in order (to)") |
CC |
coordinating conjunction (e.g. "and", "or") |
CCB |
adversative coordinating conjunction ("but") |
CS |
subordinating conjunction (e.g. "if", "because", "unless", "so", "for") |
CSA |
"as" (as conjunction) |
CSN |
"than" (as conjunction) |
CST |
"that" (as conjunction) |
CSW |
"whether" (as conjunction) |
DA |
after-determiner or post-determiner capable of pronominal function (e.g. "such", "former", "same") |
DA1 |
singular after-determiner (e.g. "little", "much") |
DA2 |
plural after-determiner (e.g. "few", "several", "many") |
DAR |
comparative after-determiner (e.g. "more", "less", "fewer") |
DAT |
superlative after-determiner (e.g. "most", "least", "fewest") |
DB |
before determiner or pre-determiner capable of pronominal function ("all", "half") |
DB2 |
plural before-determiner ("both") |
DD |
determiner (capable of pronominal function) (e.g "any", "some") |
DD1 |
singular determiner (e.g. "this", "that", "another") |
DD2 |
plural determiner ("these", "those") |
DDL |
wh-determiner, functioning as relative pronoun ("which") |
DDLGE |
wh-determiner, functioning as relative pronoun, genitive ("whose") |
DDQ |
wh-determiner, interrogative ("which", "what") |
DDQGE |
wh-determiner, interrogative, genitive ("whose") |
DDQV |
wh-ever determiner, interrogative ("whichever", "whatever") |
EX |
existential "there" |
FO |
formula |
FU |
unclassified word |
FW |
foreign word |
GE |
Germanic genitive marker - ("'" or "'s") |
IF |
"for" (as preposition) |
II |
general preposition |
IO |
"of" (as preposition) |
IW |
"with", "without" (as prepositions) |
JJ |
general adjective |
JJR |
general comparative adjective (e.g. "older", "better", "stronger") |
JJT |
general superlative adjective (e.g. "oldest", "best", "strongest") |
JK |
catenative adjective ("able", as in "be able to") |
MC |
cardinal number, neutral for number ("two", "three"..) |
MC1 |
singular cardinal number ("one") |
MC2 |
plural cardinal number (e.g. "sixes", "sevens") |
MCGE |
genitive cardinal number, neutral for number ("two's", "100's") |
MCMC |
hyphenated number ("40-50", "1770-1827") |
MD |
ordinal number (e.g. "first", "second", "next", "last") |
MF |
fraction, neutral for number (e.g. "quarters", "two-thirds") |
ND1 |
singular noun of direction (e.g. "north", "southeast") |
NN |
common noun, neutral for number (e.g. "sheep", "cod", "headquarters") |
NN1 |
singular common noun (e.g. "book", "girl") |
NN2 |
plural common noun (e.g. "books", "girls") |
NNA |
following noun of title (e.g. "M.A.") |
NNB |
preceding noun of title (e.g. "Mr.", "Prof.") |
NNL1 |
singular locative noun, in naming expression (e.g. "Island", as in "Coney Island", "Street" in "Argyle Street") |
NNL2 |
plural locative noun (e.g."Islands", as in "Virgin Islands") |
NNO |
numeral noun, neutral for number (e.g. "dozen", "hundred") |
NNO2 |
numeral noun, plural (e.g. "hundreds", "thousands") |
NNT1 |
temporal noun, singular (e.g. "day", "week", "year") |
NNT2 |
temporal noun, plural (e.g. "days", "weeks", "years") |
NNU |
unit of measurement, neutral for number (e.g. "in", "cc") |
NNU1 |
singular unit of measurement (e.g. "inch", "centimetre") |
NNU2 |
plural unit of measurement (e.g. "ins.", "feet") |
NP |
proper noun, neutral for number (e.g. "IBM", "Andes") |
NP1 |
singular proper noun (e.g. "London", "Jane", "Frederick") |
NP2 |
plural proper noun (e.g. "Browns", "Reagans", "Koreas") |
NPD1 |
singular weekday noun (e.g. "Sunday") |
NPD2 |
plural weekday noun (e.g. "Sundays") |
NPM1 |
singular month noun (e.g. "October") |
NPM2 |
plural month noun (e.g. "Octobers") |
PN |
indefinite pronoun, neutral for number ("none") |
PN1 |
indefinite pronoun, singular (e.g. "anyone", "everything", "nobody", "one") |
PNLO |
objective wh-pronoun, relative ("whom") |
PNLS |
subjective wh-pronoun, relative ("who") |
PNQO |
objective wh-pronoun, interrogative ("whom") |
PNQS |
subjective wh-pronoun, interrogative ("who") |
PNQV |
wh-ever pronoun ("whoever") |
PNX1 |
reflexive indefinite pronoun ("oneself") |
PPGE |
nominal possessive personal pronoun (e.g. "mine", "yours") |
PPH1 |
3rd person sing. neuter personal pronoun ("it") |
PPHO1 |
3rd person sing. objective personal pronoun ("him", "her") |
PPHO2 |
3rd person plural objective personal pronoun ("them") |
PPHS1 |
3rd person sing. subjective personal pronoun ("he", "she") |
PPHS2 |
3rd person plural subjective personal pronoun ("they") |
PPIO1 |
1st person sing. objective personal pronoun ("me") |
PPIO2 |
1st person plural objective personal pronoun ("us") |
PPIS1 |
1st person sing. subjective personal pronoun ("I") |
PPIS2 |
1st person plural subjective personal pronoun ("we") |
PPX1 |
singular reflexive personal pronoun (e.g. "yourself", "itself") |
PPX2 |
plural reflexive personal pronoun (e.g. "yourselves", "themselves") |
PPY |
2nd person personal pronoun ("you") |
RA |
adverb, after nominal head (e.g. "else", "galore") |
REX |
adverb introducing appositional constructions ("namely", "e.g.") |
RG |
degree adverb ("very", "so", "too") |
RGQ |
wh- degree adverb ("how") |
RGQV |
wh-ever degree adverb ("however") |
RGR |
comparative degree adverb ("more", "less") |
RGT |
superlative degree adverb ("most", "least") |
RL |
locative adverb (e.g. "alongside", "forward") |
RP |
prep. adverb, particle (e.g "about", "in") |
RPK |
prep. adv., catenative ("about" in "be about to") |
RR |
general adverb |
RRQ |
wh- general adverb ("where", "when", "why", "how") |
RRQV |
wh-ever general adverb ("wherever", "whenever") |
RRR |
comparative general adverb (e.g. "better", "longer") |
RRT |
superlative general adverb (e.g. "best", "longest") |
RT |
quasi-nominal adverb of time (e.g. "now", "tomorrow") |
TO |
infinitive marker ("to") |
UH |
interjection (e.g. "oh", "yes", "um") |
VAB0 |
base form of verb "BE" (auxiliary), imperative or subjunctive |
VABDR |
"were" (auxiliary) |
VABDZ |
"was" (auxiliary) |
VABG |
"being" (auxiliary) |
VABI |
"be" infinitive (auxiliary) |
VABM |
"am" (auxiliary) |
VABN |
"been" (auxiliary) |
VABR |
"are" (auxiliary) |
VABZ |
"is" (auxiliary) |
VVB0 |
base form of "BE" (lexical vb), imperative or subjunctive |
VVBDR |
"were" (lexical) |
VVBDZ |
"was" (lexical) |
VVBG |
"being" (lexical) |
VVBI |
"be" infinitive (lexical) |
VVBM |
"am" (lexical) |
VVBN |
"been" (lexical) |
VVBR |
"are" (lexical) |
VVBZ |
"is" (lexical) |
VAD0 |
base form of verb "DO" (auxiliary), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
VADD |
"did" (auxiliary) |
VADZ |
"does" (auxiliary) |
VVD0 |
base form of verb "DO" (lexical), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
VVDD |
"did" (lexical) |
VVDG |
"doing" |
VVDI |
"do" infinitive (lexical) |
VVDN |
"done" |
VVDZ |
"does" (lexical) |
VAH0 |
base form of "HAVE" (auxiliary), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
VAHD |
"had" (past tense), (auxiliary) |
VAHG |
"having", (auxiliary) |
VAHI |
"have" infinitive, (auxiliary) |
VAHZ |
"has", (auxiliary) |
VVH0 |
base form of verb "HAVE" (lexical), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
VVHD |
"had" (past tense), (lexical) |
VVHG |
"having", (lexical) |
VVHI |
"have" infinitive, (lexical) |
VVHN |
"had" (past participle) |
VVHZ |
"has", (lexical) |
VM |
modal auxiliary ("can", "will", "would", etc.) |
VMK |
modal catenative ("ought", "used") |
VV0 |
base form of lexical verb (e.g. "give", "work") |
VVD |
past tense of lexical verb (e.g. "gave", "worked") |
VVG |
-ing participle of lexical verb (e.g. "giving", "working") |
VVGK |
-ing participle catenative ("going" in "be going to") |
VVI |
infinitive (e.g. "to give..." "It will work...") |
VVN |
past participle of lexical verb (e.g. "given", "worked") |
VVNK |
past participle catenative (e.g. "bound" in "be bound to") |
VVZ |
-s form of lexical verb (e.g. "gives", "works") |
WPR |
relative pronoun, "that" |
XX |
"not", "n't" |
ZZ1 |
singular letter of the alphabet (e.g. "A", "b") |
ZZ2 |
plural letter of the alphabet (e.g. "A's", "b's") |
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