Annotation manual for the PPCME2, PPCEME, and PCEEC

The annotation guidelines in this manual are based on an earlier version, written by Ann Taylor in connection with the second edition of the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English. The current version supersedes the earlier one and is intended to apply to the following corpora:

• the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Middle English, 2nd edition (PPCME2)
• the Penn-Helsinki Parsed Corpus of Early Modern English (PPCEME)
• the Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence (PCEEC) (currently under construction at the University of York by Ann Taylor, Anthony Warner, and Susan Pintzuk)

The annotation of the PPCME2 differs slightly from that of the PPCEME/PCEEC.

Acknowledgements

• The National Endowment for the Humanities for financial support under NEH Grant PA 23382-99, "Creating an electronic parsed corpus of Early Modern English."

• The National Science Foundation for financial support under NSF Grant BCS 99-05488, "The emergence of Modern English syntax."

• The users of the PPCME2 for their financial support in purchasing the corpus.

• Tony Kroch and especially Ann Taylor for many helpful discussions concerning the guidelines for the PPCME2 and their adaptation to modern English.