UCREL CLAWS1 (LOB) Tagset

.
punctuation tag - full stop
...
punctuation tag - ellipsis
(
punctuation tag - left bracket
!
punctuation tag - exclamation mark
&FO
formula
&FW
foreign word
'
punctuation tag - close quotes
-
punctuation tag - dash
`
punctuation tag - open quotes
)
punctuation tag - right bracket
;
punctuation tag - semicolon
-----
punctuation tag - new sentence marker
,
punctuation tag - comma
?
punctuation tag - question mark
:
punctuation tag - colon
ABL
pre-qualifier (quite, rather, such, somesuch)
ABN
pre-quantifier (all, half)
ABX
pre-quantifier/double conjunction (both)
AP
post-determiner (only, other, little, few, several, many, next, last ... )
AP$
genitive post-determiner (former's, next's, last's ... )
APS
plural post-determiner (others)
APS$
genitive plural post-determiner (others')
AT
singular article (a, an, every)
ATI
article (the, ze, no)
BE
(be)
BED
(were)
BEDZ
(was)
BEG
(being)
BEM
(am)
BEN
(been)
BER
(are)
BEZ
(is)
CC
co-ordinating conjunction (and, or, but, so, then, yet, only, for)
CD
cardinal number (two, three, dozen, hundred ... )
CD$
genitive cardinal number (ten's, dozen's, hundred's ... )
CD-CD
hyphenated cardinal number (1985-1995 ... )
CDS
plural cardinal number (tens, hundreds ... )
CDS$
genitive plural cardinal number (tens', hundreds' ... )
CD1
(one, 1)
CD1$
(on
CD1S
(ones)
CS
subordinating conjunction (if, because, as, whether ... )
DO
(do)
DOD
(did)
DOZ
(does)
DT
singular determiner (that, this, neither ... )
DT$
genitive singular determiner (another's ... )
DTI
singular or plural determiner (any, enough, some ... )
DTS
plural determiner (these, those)
DTX
determiner/double conjunction (either, neither)
EX
existential THERE
HV
(have)
HVD
(had) (past tense)
HVG
(having)
HVN
(had) (past participle)
HVZ
(has)
IN
preposition (after, by, of, for, since ... )
JJ
general adjective (turquoise, happy ... )
JJB
attributive adjective (inner, main, chief ... )
JJR
comparative adjective (older, better, stronger ... )
JJT
superlative adjective (utmost, youngest, best ... )
JNP
adjective with word initial capital (Arab, Catalan, Czech ... )
MD
modal verb (can, would, will ... )
NC
cited word
NN
singular common noun (boy, pencil ... )
NN$
genitive singular common noun (boy's, parliament's ... )
NNP
singular common noun with word initial capital (Austrian, American, Sioux, Eskimo ... )
NNP$
genitive singular common noun with word initial capital (Sioux', Eskimo's, Austrian's, American's .
NNPS
plural common noun with word initial capital (Americans ... )
NNPS$
genitive plural common noun with word initial capital (Americans' .
NNS
plural common noun (pencils, skeletons, days, weeks ... )
NNS$
genitive plural common noun (boys', weeks' ... )
NNU
abbreviated unit of measurement unmarked for number (in, cc, kg ... )
NNU$
genitive abbreviated unit of measurement unmarked for number
NNUS
plural abbreviated unit of measurement (ins, ccs ...)
NNUS$
genitive plural abbreviated unit of measurement
NP
singular proper noun (London, James, Skerton ... )
NP$
genitive singular proper noun (Fred's ... )
NPL
singular locative noun with word initial capital (Island, Street, Circus .
NPL$
genitive singular locative noun with word initial capital (Island's, Street's .
NPLS
plural locative noun with word initial capital (Islands, Streets ... )
NPLS$
genitive plural locative noun with word initial capital (Islands', Streets' .
NPS
plural proper noun (Freds, Londons ... )
NPS$
genitive plural proper noun (Freds' ... )
NPT
singular titular noun with word initial capital (Mr, Rev, President .
NPT$
genitive singular titular noun with word initial capital (Lord's .
NPTS
plural titular noun with word inital capital (Messrs, Presidents ... )
NPTS$
genitive plural titular noun with word initial capital (Lords' ... )
NR
singular adverbial noun (January, Tuesday, tomorrow, today, tonight, north, south .
NR$
genitive singular adverbial noun (January's, Tuesday's, tomorrow's .
NRS
plural adverbial noun (Septembers, Wednesdays, tomorrows, yesterdays ... )
NRS$
genitive plural adverbial noun (Octobers', Sundays' ... )
OD
ordinal number (first, second, third ... )
OD$
genitive ordinal number (first's, second's ... )
PN
nominal pronoun (none, anyone, everything, anybody, one ... )
PN$
genitive nominal pronoun (one's, nobody's ... )
PP$
prenominal possessive personal pronoun (her, your, my, our ... )
PP$$
nominal possessive personal pronoun (hers, yours, mine, ours ... )
PPL
singular reflexive personal pronoun (yourself, itself ... )
PPLS
plural reflexive personal pronoun (yourselves, themselves ... )
PP1A
(I)
PP1AS
(we)
PP1O
(me)
PP1OS
(us)
PP2
(you, thou, ye, thee)
PP3
(it)
PP3A
(he, she)
PP3AS
(they)
PP3O
(him, her)
PP3OS
(them)
QL
qualifier (very, so, too ... )
QLP
post-qualifier (enough, indeed ... )
RB
adverb (else, galore, about, afterwards, hopefully ... )
RB$
genitive adverb (else's)
RBR
comparative adverb (better, longer ... )
RBT
superlative adverb (best, longest ... )
RI
adverb (homograph of preposition) (above, alongside, between, near, underneath .
RN
nominal adverb (downstairs, here, indoors, now, then, to-day ... )
RP
adverb which can also be a particle (about, along, back, out, up ... )
TO
infinitival TO
UH
interjection (oh, yes, um ... )
VB
base form of lexical verb
VBD
past tense of lexical verb
VBG
present participle of lexical verb
VBN
past participle of lexical verb
VBZ
s-form of lexical verb
WDT
wh-determiner (which, what, whichever ... )
WP
wh-pronoun, neutral between nominative and objective (who, whoever ... )
WP$
possessive wh-pronoun (whose, whichever's, whosever ... )
WPA
nominative wh-pronoun (whosoever)
WPO
objective wh-pronoun (whom, whomever, whomsoever ... )
WQL
wh-qualifier
WRB
wh-adverb (where, when, how, why, whenever, wherever, however ... )
XNOT
(not, n't)
ZZ
letter(s) of the alphabet

UCREL CLAWS1 Tagset

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