====== Tagsets: Tree Tagger ======

The Tree Tagger tagset is a modified version of the [[corpora:tagset-penn|Penn tagset]]. It is the default tagset used by the English version of the [[resources:tree-tagger|Tree Tagger]] software. Many of the specialized English corpora created in our workgroup use this tagset or some variant of it.

^ Tag ^ Description ^
| CC | coordinating conjunction (e.g. //and//, //but//, //or//, //&//) |
| CD | cardinal number (e.g. //1//, //three//) |
| DT | determiner (e.g. //the//) |
| EX | existential there (e.g. //there is//) |
| FW | foreign word (e.g. //d'œuvre//) |
| IN | preposition, subord. conjunction (e.g. //in//, //of//, //like//, //after//, //whether//),  complementizer (e.g. //that//) |
| JJ | adjective (e.g. //green//) |
| JJR | adjective, comparative (e.g. //greener//) |
| JJS | adjective, superlative (e.g. //greenest//) |
| LS | list marker (e.g. //(1),//) |
| MD | modal (e.g. //could//, //will//) |
| NN | noun, singular or mass (e.g. //table//) |
| NNS | noun plural (e.g. //tables//) |
| NP | proper noun, singular (e.g. //John//) |
| NPS | proper noun, plural (e.g. //Vikings//) |
| PDT | predeterminer (e.g. //both the boys//) |
| POS | possessive ending (e.g. //friend's//) |
| PP | personal pronoun (e.g. //I//, //he//, //it//) |
| PP$ | possessive pronoun (e.g. //my//, //his//) |
| RB | adverb (e.g. //however//, //usually//, //here//, //not//) |
| RBR | adverb, comparative (e.g. //better//) |
| RBS | adverb, superlative (e.g. //best//) |
| RP | particle (e.g. //give up//) |
| SENT | end punctuation (e.g. //?, !, .//) |
| SYM | symbol (e.g. //@//, //+//, //*//, //^//, //|//, //=//) |
| TO | to (e.g. //to go, to him//) |
| UH | interjection (e.g. //uhhuhhuhh//) |
| VB | verb //be//, base form (e.g. //be//) |
| VBD | verb //be//, past (e.g. //was//, //were//) |
| VBG | verb //be//, gerund/participle (e.g. //being//) |
| VBN | verb //be//, past participle (e.g. //been//) |
| VBZ | verb //be//, pres, 3rd p. sing (e.g. //is//) |
| VBP | verb //be//, pres non-3rd p. (e.g. //am|are//) |
| VD | verb //do//, base form (e.g. //do//) |
| VDD | verb //do//, past (e.g. //did//) |
| VDG | verb //do// gerund/participle (e.g. //doing//) |
| VDN | verb //do//, past participle (e.g. //done//) |
| VDZ | verb //do//, pres, 3rd per.sing (e.g. //does//) |
| VDP | verb //do//, pres, non-3rd per. (e.g. //do//) |
| VH | verb //have//, base form (e.g. //have//) |
| VHD | verb //have//, past (e.g. //had//) |
| VHG | verb //have//, gerund/participle (e.g. //having//) |
| VHN | verb //have//, past participle (e.g. //had//) |
| VHZ | verb //have//, pres 3rd per.sing (e.g. //has//) |
| VHP | verb //have//, pres non-3rd per. (e.g. //have//) |
| VV | verb, base form (e.g. //take//) |
| VVD | verb, past tense (e.g. //took//) |
| VVG | verb, gerund/participle (e.g. //taking//) |
| VVN | verb, past participle (e.g. //taken//) |
| VVP | verb, present, non-3rd p. (e.g. //take//) |
| VVZ | verb, present 3d p. sing. (e.g. //takes//) |
| WDT | wh-determiner (e.g. //which//) |
| WP | wh-pronoun (e.g. //who//, //what//) |
| WP$ | possessive wh-pronoun (e.g. //whose//) |
| WRB | wh-abverb (e.g. //where//, //when//) |
| : | general joiner (e.g. //;//, //-//, //--//) |
| $ | currency symbol (e.g. //$, £//) |