All the words are analysed with dictionary form + grammatical tags. Each tag is introduced with a "+" sign. We thus have
biila+N+Sg+Acc
boahtit+V+Ind+Prs+Sg1
At the moment, the following multicharacter symbols are defined in the lexicon file:
Multichar_Symbols +N +A +Adv +V +Pron +CS +CC +Adp +Po +Pr +Interj +Pcle +Pers +Dem +Interr +Refl +Recipr +Rel +Indef +Ess +Sg +Pl +Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Loc +Com +PxSg1 +PxSg2 +PxSg3 +PxDu1 +PxDu2 +PxDu3 +PxPl1 +PxPl2 +PxPl3 +Comp +Superl +Actor +Clt +Attr +Pass +Ind +Prs +Prt +Pot +Cond +Imprt +Sg1 +Sg2 +Sg3 +Du1 +Du2 +Du3 +Pl1 +Pl2 +Pl3 +Inf +Act +Ger +ConNeg +Neg +ImprtII +PrsPrc +PrfPrc +VGen +VAbess X1 X2 X3 X4 X5 X6 X7 X8 X9 Y1 Y2 Y3 Y4 Y5 Y6 Y7 Y8 Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q5 Q6 Q7 Q8 Q9 a1 e1 c1 d1 i1 n1 o1 s1 t1 u1 z1 g2 h2 m2 n2
These are the main POS:
Nouns, adjectives, verbs, pronouns, adverbs, particles, subjunctions, conjunctions, adpositions, postpositions, prepositions and interjections.
The string is "+N+Number+Case+Possessivesuffix+Clitic". The word form "biilasgo" is thus analysed as "biila+N+Sg+Gen+PxSg3+Clt".
Here is a list of the nominal tags, given in the same order as for the analysis. Note that the grammatical categories in parentheses can be omitted.
Part of speech: | |
Number: | +Sg, +Pl |
Case: | +Ess +Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Loc +Com |
(Possessive suffix:) | +PxSg1 +PxSg2 +PxSg3 +PxDu1 +PxDu2 +PxDu3 +PxPl1 +PxPl2 +PxPl3 |
(Clitic:) | +Clt |
Used non-attributively the adjective resembles the noun:
Part of speech: | +A |
(Grade:) | +Comp, +Superl |
Number: | +Sg, +Pl |
Case: | +Ess +Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Loc +Com |
(Clitic:) | +Clt |
Used attributively the adjective has a quite simple tag scheme:
Part of speech: | +A |
Attribute | +Attr |
(Clitic:) | +Clt |
Finite and infinite verb forms have quite distinct paradigms. Finite first:
Part of speech: | +V |
(Derivation) | +Pass |
Mood: | +Ind, +Pot, +Cond, +Imprt |
Tense | +Prs, +Prt |
Person/Number | +Sg1 +Sg2 +Sg3 +Du1 +Du2 +Du3 +Pl1 +Pl2 +Pl3, +ConNeg |
Clitic: | +Clt |
Infinite verb forms:
Part of speech: | +V |
(Derivation:) | +Pass |
Nominal verb form | +Inf, +Act, +Ger, +PrsPrc, +PrfPrc, +VGen, +VAbess |
(Clitic:) | +Clt |
Other derived verb forms:
Part of speech: | +V |
Part of speech: | +N |
Derivation | +Actor |
Number | +Sg, +Pl |
Case: | +Ess +Nom +Gen +Acc +Ill +Loc +Com |
(Possessive suffix:) | +PxSg1 +PxSg2 +PxSg3 +PxDu1 +PxDu2 +PxDu3 +PxPl1 +PxPl2 +PxPl3 |
(Clitic:) | +Clt |
Here is an example: "addit" > addit+V+N+Actor+Pl+Nom
These tags are still not documented: +Act +Neg +ImprtII
The personal, demonstrative and interrogative pronouns:
baseform+Pron+Pers+Number+Case
Example:
mun+Pron+Pers+Sg+Com
dat+Pron+Dem+Pl+Nom
The reflexive pronouns:
baseform+Pron+pronoun_type+Case(+possessive suffix)
Example: ies1+Pron+Refl+Loc+PxDu1
These have their POS tag as their only tag:
underlying form: birra+Adp surface form: birra
Last modified: Mon Jan 7 15:06:26 CET 2002