ADJ | adjective |
ADJR | adjective, comparative |
ADJS | adjective, superlative |
ADV | adverb |
ADVR | adverb, comparative |
ADVS | adverb, superlative |
The following items are not treated as adjectives:
The following items are treated as compound adjectives:
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We distinguish positive, comparative, and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
The complements of copular
verbs are tagged as ADJ, not ADV.
Colors
The basic tag for basic color terms is ADJ.
BLACK, BLUE, BROWN, GREEN, PURPLE, RED, WHITE, YELLOW |
Color terms that neither modify a noun nor function as the predicate of a clause are tagged N.
the white/N of an egg a black/N like that of jet a deep red/N
Thenne_ADV quene_NPR Igrayne_NPR waxid_VBD dayly_ADV gretter_ADJR and_CONJ gretter_ADJR ._. he_PRO lovithe_VBP Arthure_NPR bettir_ADVR than_P us_PRO ;_.
Degree words are treated as comparatives.
See
AS, SO (degree),
ENOUGH,
OVER,
and
TOO
for detailed discussion.
LATER is tagged ADJ or ADV when not clearly
comparative. For unclear cases, the default is ADJR or
ADVR.
LATTER is ordinarily tagged ADJ,
but in early texts it functions as the
ordinary comparative of LATE (later replaced
by the innovative LATER) and is then tagged
ADJR.
LOWER is tagged as ADJ when the
counterpart of UPPER, and as ADJR
when the counterpart of HIGHER. For unclear
cases, the default is ADJR.
Cases where an ordinal might be expected but without overt ordinal
marking are treated as cardinal
numbers (NUM).
Compound ordinal numbers (fifty-third, three-and-fiftieth, three
and fiftieth) are treated as
written.
Numbers that are used to mark items in a list are POS-tagged as
numbers (NUM) and additionally annotated as
list markers (LS).
Apparent comparatives
Except when construed with a THAN phrase or clause, apparently comparative forms
that lack a base form are tagged as ADJ rather than ADJR.
FORMER, INNER, NETHER, OUTER, UPPER
Superlative adjectives and adverbs
in_P the_D greatest_ADJS church_N of_P London_NPR
and_CONJ then_ADV every_Q knight_N took_VBD the_D way_N
that_C he_PRO liked_VBD best_ADVS ._.
Apparent superlatives
Apparently superlative forms that lack a base form are tagged as ADJ
rather than ADJS.
INNERMOST, LOWERMOST, NETHERMOST, OUTERMOST, UNDERMOST,
UPPERMOST, UTMOST, UTTERMOST
Ordinal numbers
Ordinal numbers are tagged ADJ.
FIRST also has an adverbial use.
+te_D thrid_ADJ day_N of_P +tat_D solempnyte_N
&_CONJ +t=e=_D elleueneth_ADJ assembled_VBD a_D gret_ADJ power_N