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Tagsets: Historical English Penn TreeBank tagset
The Historical English Penn TreeBank tagset is an adaptation of the Penn tagset for historical corpora of English.
| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| . | sentence-final punctuation |
| , | sentence-internal punctuation |
| ' | single quote |
| " | double quote |
| $ | possessive marker |
| + | joins constituent morphemes in compounds (Example: N+N mankind) |
| ADJ | adjective |
| ADJR | adjective, comparative |
| ADJS | adjective, superlative |
| ADV | adverb |
| ADVR | adverb, comparative |
| ADVS | adverb, superlative |
| ALSO | the words also (except in the sense of ‘as’) and Middle English eke |
| BAG | be, present participle |
| BE | be, infinitive |
| BED | be, past (including past subjunctive) |
| BEI | be, imperative |
| BEN | be, perfect participle |
| BEP | be, present (including present subjunctive) |
| C | complementizer |
| CODE | non-text material (e.g. page numbers) |
| CONJ | coordinating conjunction |
| D | determiner |
| DAG | do, present participle |
| DAN | do, passive participle (verbal or adjectival) |
| DO | do, infinitive |
| DOD | do, past (including past subjunctive) |
| DOI | do, imperative |
| DON | do, perfect participle |
| DOP | do, present (including present subjunctive) |
| ELSE | the word else in the collocation or else |
| EX | existential there |
| FOR | infinitival for |
| FOR+TO | cliticized for+to |
| FP | focus particle |
| FW | foreign word |
| HAG | have, present participle |
| HAN | have, passive participle (verbal or adjectival) |
| HV | have, infinitive |
| HVD | have, past (including past subjunctive) |
| HVI | have, imperative |
| HVN | have, perfect participle |
| HVP | have, present (including present subjunctive) |
| ID | token identification number |
| INTJ | interjection |
| LB | line break |
| LS | list marker |
| MAN | indefinite subject pronoun me, man (only in Middle English) |
| MD | modal verb |
| MD0 | modal verb, untensed |
| META | special text material (e.g., stage directions) |
| N | common noun, singular |
| N$ | common noun, singular, possessive |
| NEG | negation |
| NPR | proper noun, singular |
| NPR$ | proper noun, singular, possessive |
| NPRS | proper noun, plural |
| NPRS$ | proper noun, plural, possessive |
| NS | common noun, plural |
| NS$ | common noun, plural, possessive |
| NUM | cardinal number |
| NUM$ | cardinal number, possessive |
| ONE | the word ONE (except as focus particle) |
| ONE$ | one, possessive |
| OTHER | the word other (except as conjunction) |
| OTHER$ | other, nominal use, possessive |
| OTHERS | other, nominal use, plural |
| OTHERS$ | other, nominal use, plural possessive |
| P | preposition or subordinating conjunction |
| PRO | personal pronoun |
| PRO$ | possessive pronoun |
| Q | quantifier |
| Q$ | quantifier, possessive |
| QR | quantifier, comparative (more, less) |
| QS | quantifier, superlative (most, least) |
| RP | adverbial particle |
| SUCH | the word such |
| TO | infinitival to, til, and at |
| VAG | present participle |
| VAN | passive participle (verbal or adjectival) |
| VB | infinitive, verbs other than be, do, have |
| VBD | past (including past subjunctive) |
| VBI | imperative |
| VBN | perfect participle |
| VBP | present (including present subjunctive) |
| WADV | wh-adverb |
| WARD | the morpheme ward |
| WD | wh-determiner |
| WPRO | wh-pronoun |
| WPRO$ | possessive wh-pronoun |
| WQ | whether introducing indirect questions |
| X |
corpora/tagset-penn-historical.txt · Last modified: 2020/06/24 08:40 by astefanowitsch
