ADJ |
(basic) adjective |
[a] blue [book], [he is] big |
ADJCMP |
comparative adjective |
[he is] bigger, [a] better [question] |
ADJING |
adjectival ing-form |
[the] working [men] |
ADJPAP |
adjectival past participle |
[a] locked [door] |
ADJPRON |
pronoun (with determiner) or adjective |
[the] same; [the] other [way] |
ADJSUP |
superlative adjective |
[he is the] biggest; [the] best [cake] |
ADV |
(basic) adverb |
today, quickly |
ADVCMP |
comparative adverb |
sooner |
ADVSUP |
superlative adverb |
soonest |
CARD |
cardinal (except one) |
two, 123, IV |
CARDONE |
cardinal one |
[at] one [time] ; one [dollar] |
CM |
comma |
, |
COADV |
coordination adverbs either, neither |
either [by law or by force]; [he didn't come] either |
COORD |
coordinating conjunction |
and, or |
COSUB |
subordinating conjunction |
because, while |
COTHAN |
conjunction than |
[bigger] than |
DET |
determiner |
the [house], a [house], this [house], my [house] |
DETREL |
relative determiner whose |
[the man] whose [hat ...] |
INFTO |
infinitive marker to |
[he wants] to [go] |
ITJ |
interjection |
oh! |
MEAS |
measure abbreviation |
[50] m. [wide], yd |
MONEY |
currency plus cardinal |
$1,000 |
NOT |
negation not |
[he will] not [come in] |
NOUN |
common noun |
house |
NOUNING |
nominal ing-form |
[the] singing [was pleasant], [the] raising [of the flag] |
ORD |
ordinal |
3rd, second |
PARTPAST |
past participle (in subclause) |
[while] seated[, he instructed the students]; [the car] sold [on Monday] |
PARTPRES |
present participle (in subclause), gerund |
[while] doing [it];[they began] designing [the ship];having [said this ...] |
POSS |
possessive suffix 's |
[Peter] 's ; [houses] ' |
PREDET |
pre-determiner such |
such [a way] |
PREP |
preposition |
in [the house], on [the table] |
PREPADVAS |
preposition or adverbial as |
as [big] as |
PRON |
(non-personal) pronoun |
everybody, this [is ] mine |
PRONONE |
pronoun one |
one [of them]; [the green] one |
PRONPERS |
personal pronoun |
I, me, we, you |
PRONREFL |
reflexive pronoun |
myself, ... |
PRONREL |
relative pronoun who, whom, whose; which; that |
[the man] who [wrote that book], [the ship] that capsized |
PROP |
proper noun |
Peter, [Mr.] Brown |
PUNCT |
punctuation (other than SENT and CM) |
" |
QUANT |
quantifier all, any, both, double, each, enough, every, (a) few, half, many, some |
many [people]; half [the price]; all [your children]; enough [time]; any [of these] |
QUANTADV |
quantifier or adverb much, little |
much [better] , [he cares] little |
QUANTCMP |
quantifier or comparative adverb more, less |
more [people], less [expensive] |
QUANTSUP |
quantifier or superlative adverb most, least |
most [people], least [expensive] |
SENT |
sentence final punctuation |
. ! ? : |
TIT |
title |
Mr., Dr. |
VAUX |
auxiliary (modal) |
[he] will [run], [I] won't [come] |
VBI |
infinitive or imperative of be |
[he will] be [running]; be [quiet!] |
VBPAP |
past participle of be |
[he has] been [there] |
VBPAST |
past tense of be |
[he] was [running], [he] was [here] |
VBPRES |
present tense of be |
[he] is [running], [he] is [old] |
VBPROG |
ing-form of be |
[it is] being [sponsored] |
VDI |
infinitive of do |
[He will] do [it] |
VDPAP |
past participle of do |
[he has] done [it] |
VDPAST |
past tense of do |
[we] did [it], [he] didn't [come] |
VDPRES |
present tense of do |
[We] do [it], [he] doesn't [go] |
VDPROG |
ing-form of do |
[He is] doing [it] |
VHI |
infinitive or imperative of have |
[he would] have [come]; have [a look!] |
VHPAP |
past participle of have |
[he has] had [a cold] |
VHPAST |
past tense of have |
[he] had [seen] |
VHPRES |
present tense of have |
[he] has [been watching] |
VHPROG |
ing-form of have |
[he is] having [a good time] |
VI |
verb infinitive or imperative |
[he will] go, [he comes to] see; listen [!] |
VPAP |
verb past participle |
[he has] played, [it is] written |
VPAST |
verb past tense |
[I] went, [he] loved |
VPRES |
verb present tense |
[we] go, [she] loves |
VPROG |
verb ing-form |
[you are] going |
VS |
verbal 's (short for is or has) |
[he] 's [coming] |
WADV |
interrogative adverb |
when [did ...], where [did ...], why [did ...] |
WDET |
interrogative determiner |
which [book], whose [hat] |
WPRON |
interrogative pronoun |
who [is], what [is] |