The grammatical tags

The list was made for North Saami but is written in a generic way so as to understand the tag setup.

Noun (+N)

The string is +N+(Subclass)+(Semclass)+Number+Case(+Possessivesuffix)(+Clitic)”. The word form biilasgo is thus analysed as biila+N+Sem/Veh+Sg+Gen+PxSg3+Qst.

Subclass	+Prop (propernoun), +G3 (consonant cluster grade 3, for some words), +NomAg (agent noun - derived from a verb), +ACR (acronym), +Coll (colletive number)
Semantic class	+Sem/Hum, +Sem/Plc, +Sem/Veh (see list)
Number	+Sg (singular), +Pl (plural)
Case	+Ess (essive), +Nom (nominative), +Gen (genitive), +Acc (accusative), +Ill (illative), +Loc (locative) +Com (comitative)
(Derivation)	+Der/Dimin (diminutive), (see list)
(Possessive suffix)	+PxSg1 (owned by Sg1 - mun), +PxSg2 (owned by Sg2 - don), +PxSg3 +PxDu1 +PxDu2 +PxDu3 +PxPl1 +PxPl2 +PxPl3
(Clitic)	+Qst (question), +Foc/ (focus)
(Compounding)	+Cmp/SgGen (first part in Sg+Gen), +Cmp/SgNom (first part in Sg+Nom)

Examples: oahppit > oahppi+N+NomAg+Pl+Nom

skuvlagiella > skuvla+N+Cmp/SgNom+Cmp#giella+N+Sg+Nom

Adjective (+A)

Like nouns, but in addition:

(Subclass)	+Ord (ordinal)
(Grade)	+Comp (comparative), +Superl (superlative) - positive is not marked
(Attribute)	+Attr
(Derivation)	+Der/vuohta, (see list)

Examples: goalmmádin > goalmmát+A+Ord+Ess

fiinnisvuođa > fiinnis+A+Der/vuohta+N+Sg+Acc

Pronouns (+Pron)

Like nouns, but in addition:

Subclass	+Pers (person), +Rel (relative), +Interr (interrogative), +Dem (demonstrative), +Indef (indefinite), +Refl (reflexive), +Recipr (reciprocal)

Examples: muinna > mun+Pron+Pers+Sg1+Com

alddáme > ieš+Pron+Refl+Loc+PxDu1

Number (+Num)

Like nouns.

Example: guokte+Num+Sg+Gen, surface form: guovtti

Verb (+V)

Transitivity	+IV (intransitive), +TV (transitive)
(Subclass)	+Neg (negation verb)
(Derivation)	+Der/PassL (long passive form), +Der/PassS (short passive form), +Der/NomAct (action) (see list)
Mood	+Ind (indicative), +Pot (potential), +Cond (conditional), +Imprt (imperative)
Tense	+Prs (present), +Prt (past)
Person/Number	+Sg1 (singular 1st person), +Sg2 +Sg3 +Du1 +Du2 +Du3 +Pl1 +Pl2 +Pl3
Clitic	+Qst (question), +Foc/ (focus)

Example: borren > borrat+V+TV+Ind+Prt+Sg1

Infinite verb forms:

Nominal verb form	+Inf (infinitive), +ConNeg (negation form), +Ger (gerund), +PrsPrc (presence particip), +PrfPrc (perfect particip), +VGen (verb genitive), +VAbess (abessive)

Example: borago > borrat+V+TV+Ind+Prs+ConNeg+Foc/ge

Alphabetic list over the tags

Part of speech and subclass

• +A adjective
  • +Ord ordinal
• +Adv adverb
• +CC conjunction
• +CS subjunction
• +Interj interjection
• +N noun
  • +Prop proper noun
  • +NomAg agent noun
  • +G3 geminat grade 3, e.g. s’s
• +Num numeral
• +Pcle particle
• +Po postposition
• +Pr preposition
• +Pron pronoun
  • +Dem demonstrative pronoun
  • +Indef indefinite pronoun
  • +Interr interrogative pronoun
  • +Pers person pronoun
  • +Refl reflecsive pronoun
  • +Recipr reciprocal pronoun
  • +Rel relative pronoun
• +N, +Advfor several parts of speech
  • +ABBR abbreviation
  • +ACR acronym

Grammatical properties

• +Acc Accusative
• +Actio Actio form of the verb
• +Attr Attributive
• +CLB Clause boundary
• +Cmpnd Compound (inconsistent with other notation for this tag)
• +Cmpnd+ Compound (left tag)(inconsistent with other notation for this tag)
• +Com Comitative
• +Comp Comperative
• +ConNeg Negationform of the verb
• +Cond Conditional
• +DuDual
• +Du1 Dual 1. person
• +Du2 Dual 2. person
• +Du3 Dual 3. person
• +Ess Essive
• +Foc/ba Focusclitic (-)ba
• +Foc/bat Focusclitic (-)bat
• +Foc/be Focusclitic (-)be
• +Foc/ge Focusclitic (-)ge
• +Foc/gen Focusclitic (-)gen
• +Foc/ges Focusclitic (-)ges
• +Foc/gis Focusclitic (-)gis
• +Foc/hal Focusclitic (-)hal
• +Foc/han Focusclitic (-)han
• +Foc/naj Focusclitic (-)nai
• +Foc/naj+Qst Focusclitic (-)naigo
• +Foc/son Focusclitic (-)son
• +Gen Genitive
• +Ger Gerund
• +IV Intrasitive verb
• +Ill Illative
• +Imprt Imperative
• +Ind Indicative
• +Inf Infinitive
• +LEFT Left parenthesis
• +Loc Locative
• +Neg Negationverb
• +Nom Nominative
• +PUNCT Punctuation other than clause boundaries”/”, “(“, “)”, “+”
• +Pl Plural
• +Pl1 Plural 1. person
• +Pl2 Plural 2. person
• +Pl3 Plural 3. person
• +Cmp/PlGen Plural genitive compound
• +Pot Potential
• +PrfPrc Perfect participle
• +Prs Present tense
• +PrsPrc Present participle
• +Prt Preteritum
• +PxDu1 Possessivesuffix dual 1. person
• +PxDu2 Possessivesuffix dual 2. person
• +PxDu3 Possessivesuffix dual 3. person
• +PxPl1 Possessivesuffix plural 1. person
• +PxPl2 Possessivesuffix plural 2. person
• +PxPl3 Possessivesuffix plural 3. person
• +PxSg1 Possessivesuffix singular 1. person
• +PxSg2 Possessivesuffix singular 2. person
• +PxSg3 Possessivesuffix singular 3. person
• +Qst Question clitic (-)go
• +Qst+Foc/son Question clitic
• +RIGHT Right parenthesis
• +Sg Singular
• +Sg1 Singular 1. person
• +Sg2 Singular 2. person
• +Sg3 Singular 3. person
• +Cmp/Sg Singular compound
• +Cmp/SgGen Singular genitive compound
• +Cmp/SgNom Singular nominative compound
• +Sup Supinum
• +Superl Superlative
• +TV Transitive verb
• +VAbess Verb abessive
• +VGen Verb genitive

Derivational suffix tags

• +Der/Dimin Diminutive
• +Der/adda suffix
• +Der/ahtti suffix
• +Der/alla suffix
• +Der/amoš suffix
• +Der/asti suffix
• +Der/aš suffix
• +Der/d suffix
• +Der/duohkai suffix
• +Der/duohke suffix
• +Der/NomAg agent noun
• +Der/eamoš suffix
• +Der/NomAct action noun
• +Der/easti suffix
• +Der/g suffix
• +Der/geahtes suffix
• +Der/goahti suffix
• +Der/h suffix
• +Der/halla suffix
• +Der/hat suffix
• +Der/heapmi suffix
• +Der/hudda suffix
• +Der/huhtti suffix
• +Der/huvva suffix
• +Der/j suffix
• +Der/l suffix
• +Der/las suffix
• +Der/laš suffix
• +Der/lágan suffix
• +Der/meahttun suffix
• +Der/muš suffix
• +Der/PassL passive verb, long form
• +Der/PassS passive verb, short form
• +Der/st suffix
• +Der/stuvva suffix
• +Der/supmi suffix
• +Der/upmi suffix
• +Der/us suffix
• +Der/viđi suffix
• +Der/viđá suffix
• +Der/vuohta suffix
• +Der/vuolde suffix
• +Der/vuollai suffix
• +Der/vuolle suffix
• +Der/š suffix

Semantic tags

These are tags used for classifying names and nouns, e.g. +Prop+Sem/Fem

• +Sem/Ani:
  Animal name
• +Sem/Fem:
  Female name
• +Sem/Mal:
  Male name
• +Sem/Obj:
  Object
• +Sem/Org:
  Organisation name
• +Sem/Plc:
  Place
• +Sem/Sur:
  Surname
• +Sem/WEB:
  Web addresse