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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:
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