- ALSWA
- ANE (see ONE)
- AS, SO (degree)
- AS WELL AS
- ASSWA
- DOWNWARD
- ENOUGH
- EVEN
- EVER
- FAR
- FAST
- FIRST
- ILKE
- INWARD
- LAST
- LEAST
- LESS
- LITTLE
- LONG
- MORE
- MOST
- MUCH
- NEAR
- NEVER
- NEXT
- NIGH (see NEAR)
- ONE
- OUTWARD
- PASSING
- SO (degree)
- SUCH
- THEREFORE
- THILKE
- TOO
- UPWARD
- WORTH
List of tags
| 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:
|
We distinguish positive, comparative, and superlative adjectives and adverbs.
The complements of copular
verbs are tagged as ADJ, not ADV.
Degree words are treated as comparatives.
See
AS, SO (degree),
ENOUGH,
OVER,
and
TOO
for detailed discussion.
Cases where an ordinal might be expected but without overt ordinal
marking are treated as cardinal
numbers (NUM).
Colors
The basic tag for color terms is ADJ. There are some
exceptions, such the white of an egg, where the color term
is tagged N.
Comparative adjectives and adverbs
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 ;_.
Superlative adjectives and adverbs
in_P the_D grettest_ADJS chirch_N of_P London_NPR
and_CONJ than_ADV every_Q knyght_N toke_VBD the_D way_N
that_C hym_PRO lyked_VBD beste_ADVS ._.
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