UCREL CLAWS2 Tagset
- !
- punctuation tag - exclamation mark
- "
- punctuation tag - quotation marks
- $
- germanic genitive marker - (' or 's)
- &FO
- formula
- &FW
- foreign word
- (
- punctuation tag - left bracket
- )
- punctuation tag - right bracket
- ,
- punctuation tag - comma
- -
- punctuation tag - dash
- -----
- new sentence marker
- .
- punctuation tag - full-stop
- ...
- punctuation tag - ellipsis
- :
- punctuation tag - colon
- ;
- punctuation tag - semi-colon
- ?
- punctuation tag - question-mark
- APP$
- possessive pronoun, pre-nominal (my, your, our etc.)
- AT
- article (the, no)
- AT1
- singular article (a, an, every)
- BCS
- before-conjunction (in order (that), even (if etc.))
- BTO
- before-infinitive marker (in order, so as (to))
- CC
- coordinating conjunction (and, or)
- CCB
- coordinating conjunction (but)
- CF
- semi-coordinating conjunction (so, then, yet)
- CS
- subordinating conjunction (if, because, unless)
- CSA
- 'as' as a conjunction
- CSN
- 'than' as a conjunction
- CST
- 'that' as a conjunction
- CSW
- 'whether' as a conjunction
- DA
- after-determiner (capable of pronominal function) (such, former, same)
- DA1
- singular after-determiner (little, much)
- DA2
- plural after-determiner (few, several, many)
- DA2R
- comparative plural after-determiner (fewer)
- DAR
- comparative after-determiner (more, less)
- DAT
- superlative after-determiner (most, least)
- DB
- before-determiner (capable of pronominal function) (all, half)
- DB2
- plural before-determiner (capable of pronominal function) (eg. both)
- DD
- determiner (capable of pronominal function) (any, some)
- DD1
- singular determiner (this, that, another)
- DD2
- plural determiner (these, those)
- DDQ
- wh-determiner (which, what)
- DDQ$
- wh-determiner, genitive (whose)
- DDQV
- wh-ever determiner (whichever, whatever)
- EX
- existential 'there'
- ICS
- preposition-conjunction (after, before, since, until)
- IF
- 'for' as a preposition
- II
- preposition
- IO
- 'of' as a preposition
- IW
- 'with'; 'without' as preposition
- JA
- predicative adjective (tantamount, afraid, asleep)
- JB
- attributive adjective (main, chief, utter)
- JBR
- attributive comparative adjective (upper, outer)
- JBT
- attributive superlative adjective (utmost, uttermost)
- JJ
- general adjective
- JJ
- general comparative adjective (older, better, bigger)
- JJT
- general superlative adjective (oldest, best, biggest)
- JK
- adjective catenative ('able' in 'be able to'; 'willing' in 'be willing to')
- LE
- leading co-ordinator ('both' in 'both...and...'; 'either' in 'either... or...')
- MC
- cardinal number neutral for number (two, three...)
- MC$
- genitive cardinal number, neutral for number (10's)
- MC-MC
- hyphenated number 40-50, 1770-1827)
- MC1
- singular cardinal number (one)
- MC2
- plural cardinal number (tens, twenties)
- MD
- ordinal number (first, 2nd, next, last)
- MF
- fraction, neutral for number (quarters, two-thirds)
- NC2
- plural cited word ('ifs' in 'two ifs and a but')
- ND1
- singular noun of direction (north, southeast)
- NN
- common noun, neutral for number (sheep, cod)
- NN1
- singular common noun (book, girl)
- NN1$
- genitive singular common noun (domini)
- NN2
- plural common noun (books, girls)
- NNJ
- organization noun, neutral for number (department, council, committee)
- NNJ1
- singular organization noun (Assembly, commonwealth)
- NNJ2
- plural organization noun (governments, committees)
- NNL
- locative noun, neutral for number (Is.)
- NNL1
- singular locative noun (street, Bay)
- NNL2
- plural locative noun (islands, roads)
- NNO
- numeral noun, neutral for number (dozen, thousand)
- NNO1
- singular numeral noun (no known examples)
- NNO2
- plural numeral noun (hundreds, thousands)
- NNS
- noun of style, neutral for number (no known examples)
- NNS1
- singular noun of style (president, rabbi)
- NNS2
- plural noun of style (presidents, viscounts)
- NNSA1
- following noun of style or title, abbreviatory (M.A.)
- NNSA2
- following plural noun of style or title, abbreviatory
- NNSB
- preceding noun of style or title, abbr. (Rt. Hon.)
- NNSB1
- preceding sing. noun of style or title, abbr. (Prof.)
- NNSB2
- preceding plur. noun of style or title, abbr. (Messrs.)
- NNT
- temporal noun, neutral for number (no known examples)
- NNT1
- singular temporal noun (day, week, year)
- NNT2
- plural temporal noun (days, weeks, years)
- NNU
- unit of measurement, neutral for number (in., cc.)
- NNU1
- singular unit of measurement (inch, centimetre)
- NNU2
- plural unit of measurement (inches, centimetres)
- NP
- proper noun, neutral for number (Indies, Andes)
- NP1
- singular proper noun (London, Jane, Frederick)
- NP2
- plural proper noun (Browns, Reagans, Koreas)
- NPD1
- singular weekday noun (Sunday)
- NPD2
- plural weekday noun (Sundays)
- NPM1
- singular month noun (October)
- NPM2
- plural month noun (Octobers)
- PN
- indefinite pronoun, neutral for number ("none")
- PN1
- singular indefinite pronoun (one, everything, nobody)
- PNQO
- whom
- PNQS
- who
- PNQV$
- whosever
- PNQVO
- whomever, whomsoever
- PNQVS
- whoever, whosoever
- PNX1
- reflexive indefinite pronoun (oneself)
- PP$
- nominal possessive personal pronoun (mine, yours)
- PPH1
- it
- PPHO1
- him, her
- PPHO2
- them
- PPHS1
- he, she
- PPHS2
- they
- PPIO1
- me
- PPIO2
- us
- PPIS1
- I
- PPIS2
- we
- PPX1
- singular reflexive personal pronoun (yourself, itself)
- PPX2
- plural reflexive personal pronoun (yourselves, ourselves)
- PPY
- you
- RA
- adverb, after nominal head (else, galore)
- REX
- adverb introducing appositional constructions (namely, viz, eg.)
- RG
- degree adverb (very, so, too)
- RGA
- post-nominal/adverbial/adjectival degree adverb (indeed, enough)
- RGQ
- wh- degree adverb (how)
- RGQV
- wh-ever degree adverb (however)
- RGR
- comparative degree adverb (more, less)
- RGT
- superlative degree adverb (most, least)