AJ0 | adjective (general or positive), e.g. `good', `old' |
AJC | comparative adjective, e.g. `better', `older' |
AJS | superlative adjective, e.g. `best', `oldest' |
AT0 | article, e.g. `the', `a', `an', `no' |
AV0 | adverb (general, not sub-classified as AVP or AVQ), e.g. `often', `well', `longer', `furthest' |
AVP | adverb particle, e.g. `up', `off', `out' |
AVQ | wh-adverb, e.g. `when', `how', `why' |
CJC | coordinating conjunction, e.g. `and', `or', `but' |
CJS | subordinating conjunction, e.g. `although', `when' |
CJT | the subordinating conjunction `that', when introducing a relative clause, as in ``the day that follows Christmas'' |
CRD | cardinal numeral, e.g. `one', `3', `fifty-five', `6609' |
DPS | possessive determiner form, e.g. `your', `their', `his' |
DT0 | general determiner: a determiner which is not a DTQ, e.g. `this' both in ``This is my house'' and ``This house is mine'' |
DTQ | wh-determiner, e.g. `which', `what', `whose', `which' |
EX0 | existential `there', the word `there' appearing in the constructions ``there is...'', ``there are ...'' |
ITJ | interjection or other isolate, e.g. `oh', `yes', `mhm', `wow' |
NN0 | common noun, neutral for number, e.g. `aircraft', `data', `committee' |
NN1 | singular common noun, e.g. `pencil', `goose', `time', `revelation' |
NN2 | plural common noun, e.g. `pencils', `geese', `times', `revelations' |
NP0 | proper noun, e.g. `London', `Michael', `Mars', `IBM' |
ORD | ordinal numeral, e.g. `first', `sixth', `77th', `next', `last' |
PNI | indefinite pronoun, e.g. `none', `everything', `one' (pronoun), `nobody' |
PNP | personal pronoun, e.g. `I', `you', `them', `ours' |
PNQ | wh-pronoun, e.g. `who', `whoever', `whom' |
PNX | reflexive pronoun, e.g. `myself', `yourself', `itself',`ourselves' |
POS | the possessive or genitive marker `'s' or ` ' ' |
PRF | the preposition `of' |
PRP | preposition other than `of', e.g. `about', `at', `in', `on behalf of', `with' |
TO0 | the infinitive marker `to' |
UNC | unclassified items which are not appropriately classified as items of the English lexicon |
VBB | the present tense forms of the verb `be', except for `is' or `'s', i.e. `am', `'m', `are', `'re', `be', `ai' (as in `ain't') |
VBD | the past tense forms of the verb `be', i.e. `was', `were' |
VBG | the -ing form of the verb `be', i.e. `being' |
VBI | the infinitive form of the verb `be', i.e.`be' |
VBN | the past participle form of the verb `be', i.e. `been' |
VBZ | the -s form of the verb `be', i.e.`is', `'s' |
VDB | the finite base form of the verb `do', i.e. `do' |
VDD | the past tense form of the verb `do', i.e. `did' |
VDG | the -ing form of the verb `do', i.e. `doing' |
VDI | the infinitive form of the verb `do', i.e. `do' |
VDN | the past participle form of the verb `do', i.e. `done' |
VDZ | the -s form of the verb `do', i.e. `does' |
VHB | the finite base form of the verb `have', i.e. `have', `'ve' |
VHD | the past tense form of the verb `have', i.e. `had', `'d' |
VHG | the -ing form of the verb `have', i.e. `having' |
VHI | the infinitive form of the verb `have', i.e. `have' |
VHN | the past participle form of the verb `have', i.e. `had' |
VHZ | the -s form of the verb `have', i.e. `has', `'s' |
VM0 | modal auxiliary verb, e.g. `can', `could', `will', `'ll', `'d', `wo' (as in `won't') |
VVB | the finite base form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forget', `send', `live', `return' |
VVD | the past tense form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forgot', `sent', `lived', `returned' |
VVG | the -ing form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forgetting', `sending', `living', `returning' |
VVI | the infinitive form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forget', `send', `live', `return' |
VVN | the past participle form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forgotten', `sent', `lived', `returned' |
VVZ | the -s form of lexical verbs, e.g. `forgets', `sends', `lives', `returns' |
XX0 | the negative particle `not' or `n't' |
ZZ0 | alphabetical symbols, e.g. `A', `a', `B', `b', `c', `d' |