Part-of-Speech Tags
DocuScope CA runs on a model
All models are trained on the CLAWS7 tagset. While the original tagger is a rules-based system, the model is trained on data with those tags. In other words, it uses the tagset but not the tagger.
Cite the tagset in APA format:
Garside, R., and Smith, N. (1997) A hybrid grammatical tagger: CLAWS4, in Garside, R., Leech, G., and McEnery, A. (eds.) Corpus Annotation: Linguistic Information from Computer Text Corpora. (pp. 102- 121) Longman, London.Or in BibTex format:
@incollection{garside1997higher,
title={A hybrid grammatical tagger: CLAWS4},
author={Garside, Roger and Smith, Nicholas},
booktitle={Corpus Annotation: Linguistic Information from Computer Text Corpora},
editor={Garside, Roger, Leech, Geoffrey, McEnery, Anthony},
pages={102--121},
year={1997},
publisher={Longman}
}| Tag | Description | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| APPGE | possessive pronoun, pre-nominal | my, your, our |
| AT | article | the, no |
| AT1 | singular article | a, an, every |
| BCL | before-clause marker | in order (that), in order (to) |
| CC | coordinating conjunction | and, or |
| CCB | adversative coordinating conjunction | but |
| CS | subordinating conjunction | if, because, unless, so, for |
| CSA | as as conjunction | as |
| CSN | than as conjunction | than |
| CST | that as conjunction | that |
| CSW | whether as conjunction | whether |
| DA | after-determiner or post-determiner capable of pronominal function | such, former, same |
| DA1 | singular after-determiner | little, much |
| DA2 | plural after-determiner | few, several, many |
| DAR | comparative after-determiner | more, less, fewer |
| DAT | superlative after-determiner | most, least, fewest |
| DB | before determiner or pre-determiner capable of pronominal function | all, half |
| DB2 | plural before-determiner | 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 |
| DDQGE | wh-determiner, genitive | whose |
| DDQV | wh-ever determiner | whichever, whatever |
| EX | existential there | there (is), there (are) |
| FO | formula | |
| FU | unclassified word | |
| FW | foreign word | |
| GE | germanic genitive marker | ’, ’s |
| IF | for (as preposition) | for |
| II | general preposition | about, on |
| IO | of (as preposition) | of |
| IW | with, without (as prepositions) | with, without |
| JJ | general adjective | nice, new |
| JJR | general comparative adjective | older, better, stronger |
| JJT | general superlative adjective | oldest, best, strongest |
| JK | catenative adjective (able in be able to, willing in be willing to | able (in be able to), willing (in be willing to) |
| MC | cardinal number,neutral for number | two, three |
| MC1 | singular cardinal number | one |
| MC2 | plural cardinal number | sixes, sevens |
| MCGE | genitive cardinal number, neutral for number | two’s, 100’s |
| MCMC | hyphenated number | 40-50, 1770-1827 |
| MD | ordinal number | first, second, next, last |
| MF | fraction,neutral for number | quarters, two-thirds |
| ND1 | singular noun of direction | north, southeast |
| NN | common noun, neutral for number | sheep, cod, headquarters |
| NN1 | singular common noun | book, girl |
| NN2 | plural common noun | books, girls |
| NNA | following noun of title | M.A. |
| NNB | preceding noun of title | Mr., Prof. |
| NNL1 | singular locative noun | Island, Street |
| NNL2 | plural locative noun | Islands, Streets |
| NNO | numeral noun, neutral for number | dozen, hundred |
| NNO2 | numeral noun, plural | hundreds, thousands |
| NNT1 | temporal noun, singular | day, week, year |
| NNT2 | temporal noun, plural | days, weeks, years |
| NNU | unit of measurement, neutral for number | in, cc |
| NNU1 | singular unit of measurement | inch, centimetre |
| NNU2 | plural unit of measurement | ins., feet |
| NP | proper noun, neutral for number | IBM, 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 | indefinite pronoun, singular | anyone, everything, nobody, one |
| PNQO | objective wh-pronoun | whom |
| PNQS | subjective wh-pronoun | who |
| PNQV | wh-ever pronoun | whoever |
| PNX1 | reflexive indefinite pronoun | oneself |
| PPGE | nominal possessive personal pronoun | mine, yours |
| PPH1 | 3rd person sing. neuter personal pronoun | it |
| PPHO1 | 3rd person sing. objective personal pronoun | him, her |
| PPHO2 | 3rd person plural objective personal pronoun | them |
| PPHS1 | 3rd person sing. subjective personal pronoun | her, she |
| PPHS2 | 3rd person plural subjective personal pronoun | they |
| PPIO1 | 1st person sing. objective personal pronoun | me |
| PPIO2 | 1st person plural objective personal pronoun | us |
| PPIS1 | 1st person sing. subjective personal pronoun | I |
| PPIS2 | 1st person plural subjective personal pronoun | we |
| PPX1 | singular reflexive personal pronoun | yourself, itself |
| PPX2 | plural reflexive personal pronoun | yourselves, themselves |
| PPY | 2nd person personal pronoun | you |
| RA | adverb, after nominal head | else, galore |
| REX | adverb introducing appositional constructions | namely, e.g. |
| RG | degree adverb | very, so, too |
| RGQ | wh- degree adverb | how |
| RGQV | wh-ever degree adverb | however |
| RGR | comparative degree adverb | more, less |
| RGT | superlative degree adverb (most, least | |
| RL | locative adverb | alongside, forward |
| RP | prep. adverb, particle | about, in |
| RPK | prep. adv., catenative | about (in be about to) |
| RR | general adverb | quietly, importanlty |
| RRQ | wh- general adverb | where, when, why, how |
| RRQV | wh-ever general adverb | wherever, whenever |
| RRR | comparative general adverb | better, longer |
| RRT | superlative general adverb | best, longest |
| RT | quasi-nominal adverb of time | now, tomorrow |
| TO | infinitive marker | to |
| UH | interjection | oh, yes, um |
| VB0 | be, base form (finite i.e. imperative, subjunctive) | be |
| VBDR | were | were |
| VBDZ | was | was |
| VBG | being | being |
| VBI | be, infinitive | be (in to be or not… or in it will be…) |
| VBM | am | am |
| VBN | been | been |
| VBR | are | are |
| VBZ | is | is |
| VD0 | do, base form (finite | do |
| VDD | did | did |
| VDG | doing | doing |
| VDI | do, infinitive | do (in I may do… or in to do…) |
| VDN | done | done |
| VDZ | does | does |
| VH0 | have, base form (finite | have |
| VHD | had (past tense) | had |
| VHG | having | having |
| VHI | have, infinitive | have |
| VHN | had (past participle) | had |
| VHZ | has | has |
| VM | modal auxiliary | can, will, would |
| VMK | modal catenative | ought, used |
| VV0 | base form of lexical verb | give, work |
| VVD | past tense of lexical verb | gave, worked |
| VVG | -ing participle of lexical verb | giving, working |
| VVGK | -ing participle catenative | going (in be going to) |
| VVI | infinitive | to give… It will work… |
| VVN | past participle of lexical verb | given, worked |
| VVNK | past participle catenative | bound (in be bound to) |
| VVZ | -s form of lexical verb | gives, works |
| XX | not, n’t | not, n’t |
| ZZ1 | singular letter of the alphabet | A,b |
| ZZ2 | plural letter of the alphabet | A’s, b’s |