Appendix 7 COLT tagset (CLAWS 6)
APPGE |
possessive pronoun, pre-nominal (e.g. my, your, our) |
AT |
article ( e.g. the, no) |
AT1 |
singular article (e.g. a, an, every) |
BCL |
before-clause marker (e.g. in order (that), in order (to)) |
CC |
coordinating conjunction (e.g. and, or) |
CCB |
adversative coordinating conjunction (but) |
CS |
subordinating conjunction (e.g. if, because, unless, so, for) |
CSA |
as (as conjunction) |
CSN |
than (as conjunction) |
CST |
that (as conjunction) |
CSW |
whether (as conjunction) |
DA |
after-determiner or post-determiner capable of pronominal function (e.g. such, former, same) |
DA1 |
singular after-determiner (e.g. little, much) |
DA2 |
plural after-determiner (e.g. few, several, many) |
DAR |
comparative after-determiner (e.g. more, less, fewer) |
DAT |
superlative after-determiner (e.g. 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) (e.g. any, some) |
DD1 |
singular determiner (e.g. this, that, another) |
DD2 |
plural determiner (e.g. these, those) |
DDQ |
wh-determiner (which, what) |
DDQGE |
wh-determiner, genitive (whose) |
DDQV |
wh-ever determiner (whichever, whatever) |
EX |
existential there |
FO |
formula |
FU |
unclassified word |
FW |
foreign word |
GE |
germanic genitive marker (‘ or ‘s) |
IF |
for (as preposition) |
II |
general preposition |
IO |
of (as preposition) |
IW |
with, without (as prepositions) |
JJ |
general adjective |
JJR |
general comparative adjective (e.g. older, better, stronger) |
JJT |
general superlative adjective (e.g. oldest, best, strongest) |
JK |
catenative adjective (able in be able to, willing in be willing to) |
MC |
cardinal number, neutral for number (two, three) |
MCGE |
genitive cardinal number, neutral for number (two’s, 100’s) |
MCMC |
hyphenated number (40-50, 1770-1827) |
MC1 |
singular cardinal number (one) |
MC2 |
plural cardinal number (e.g. sixes, sevens) |
MD |
ordinal number (e.g. first, second, next, last) |
MF |
fraction, neutral for number (e.g. quarters, two-thirds) |
ND1 |
singular noun of direction (e.g. north, southeast) |
NN |
common noun, neutral for number (e.g. sheep, cod, headquarters) |
NN1 |
singular common noun (e.g. book, girl) |
NN2 |
plural common noun (e.g. books, girls) |
NNA |
following noun of title (e.g. M.A.) |
NNB |
preceding noun of title (e.g. Mr., Prof.) |
NNJ |
organisation noun, neutral for number (e.g. council, department) |
NNJ2 |
organisation noun, plural (e.g. goverments, committees) |
NNL1 |
singular locative noun (e.g. island, street) |
NNL2 |
plural locative noun (e.g. islands, streets) |
NNO |
numeral noun, neutral for number (e.g. dozen, hundred) |
NNO2 |
numeral noun, plural (e.g. hundreds, thousands) |
NNT1 |
temporal noun, singular (e.g. day, week, year) |
NNT2 |
temporal noun, plural (e.g. days, weeks, years) |
NNU |
unit of measurement, neutral for number (e.g. in, cc) |
NNU1 |
singular unit of measurement (e.g. inch, centimetre) |
NNU2 |
plural unit of measurement (e.g. ins., feet) |
NP |
proper noun, neutral for number (e.g. IBM, Andes) |
NP1 |
singular proper noun (e.g. London, Jane, Frederick) |
NP2 |
plural proper noun (e.g. Browns, Reagans, Koreas) |
NPD1 |
singular weekday noun (e.g. Sunday) |
NPD2 |
plural weekday noun (e.g. Sundays) |
NPM1 |
singular month noun (e.g. October) |
NPM2 |
plural month noun (e.g. Octobers) |
PN |
indefinite pronoun, neutral for number (none) |
PN1 |
indefinite pronoun, singular (e.g. 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 (e.g. 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 (he, 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 (e.g. yourself, itself) |
PPX2 |
plural reflexive personal pronoun (e.g. yourselves, themselves) |
PPY |
2nd person personal pronoun (you) |
RA |
adverb, after nominal head (e.g. 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 (e.g. alongside, forward) |
RP |
prep. adverb, particle (e.g. about, in) |
RPK |
prep. adv., catenative (about in be about to) |
RR |
general adverb |
RRQ |
wh- general adverb (where, when, why, how) |
RRQV |
wh-ever general adverb (wherever, whenever) |
RRR |
comparative general adverb (e.g. better, longer) |
RRT |
superlative general adverb (e.g. best, longest) |
RT |
quasi-nominal adverb of time (e.g. best, longest) |
TO |
infinitive marker (to) |
UH |
interjection (e.g. oh, yes, um) |
VB0 |
be base form (finite i.e. imperative, subjunctive) |
VBDR |
were |
VBDZ |
was |
VBG |
being |
VBI |
be infinitive (To be or not... It will be...) |
VBM |
am |
VBN |
been |
VBR |
are |
VBZ |
is |
VD0 |
do base form (finite) |
VDD |
did |
VDG |
doing |
VDI |
do infinitive (I may do... To do...) |
VDN |
done |
VDZ |
does |
VH0 |
have base form (finite) |
VHD |
had (past tense) |
VHG |
having |
VHI |
have infinitive |
VHN |
had (past participle) |
VHZ |
has |
VM |
modal auxiliary (can, will, would, etc.) |
VMK |
modal catenative (ought, used) |
VV0 |
base form of lexical verb (e.g. give, work) |
VVD |
past tense of lexical verb (e.g. gave, worked) |
VVG |
-ing participle of lexical verb (e.g. giving, working) |
VVGK |
-ing participle catenative (going in be going to) |
VVI |
infinitive (e.g. to give... It will work...) |
VVN |
past participle of lexical verb (e.g. given, worked) |
VVNK |
past participle catenative (e.g. bound in be bound to) |
VVZ |
-s form of lexical verb (e.g. gives, works) |
XX |
not, n’t |
ZZ1 |
singular letter of the alphabet (e.g. A, b) |
ZZ2 |
plural letter of the alphabet (e.g. A’s, b’s) |
Punctuation tags
YEX |
punctuation tag - exclamation mark (!) |
YQUO |
punctuation tag - quotes (") |
YBL |
punctuation tag - left bracket (() |
YBR |
punctuation tag - right bracket ()) |
YCOM |
punctuation tag - comma (,) |
YDSH |
punctuation tag - dash (-) |
YSTP |
punctuation tag - full-stop (.) |
YLIP |
punctuation tag - ellipsis (...) |
YCOL |
punctuation tag - colon (:) |
YSCOL |
punctuation tag - semicolon(;) |
YQUE |
punctuation tag - question mark (?) |