This is the head level tagset used in the Icelandic Treebank. The tagset is based on the IFD Tagset. Each head is assigned a tag (N-NSDIC in the example below):
<synttree>[NP[N-NSDIC[barni]]]</synttree>
In the example barni is a dative form of the Icelandic word for 'child'. The first part of the tag, before the dash, always represents the head type (roughly 'word class'), e.g. N for Noun. The extension of the above tag, NSDIC, means: Neuter, Singular, Dative, Indefinite (no suffixed article), Common Noun. The predashial head type can be one or more characters while the postdashial subfeatures are always one character per feature.
Tags with postdashial subfeatures
Nouns
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
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1 |
Word class |
N noun, NPR proper noun,
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2 |
Number |
S plural
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3 |
Case |
N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
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Examples |
N-G noun, singular, genitive; NS-N noun, plural, nominative; NPR-A proper noun, singular, accusative; NPRS-Dproper noun, plural, dative
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Adjectives
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
ADJ adjective, ADJR adjective, comparative, ADJS adjective, superlative
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2 |
Case |
N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
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Examples |
ADJ-N adjective, nominative; ADJR-D adjective, comparative; ADJS-G adjective, superlative, genitive
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Pronouns
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
PRO pronoun
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2 |
Case |
N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
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Examples |
PRO-A pronoun, accusative; PRO-D pronoun, dative
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Article (determiner)
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
D determiner
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2 |
Case |
N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
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Examples |
D-D determiner, dative; D-G determiner, genitive
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Numbers
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
NUM numeral
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3 |
Case |
N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
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Examples |
NUM-N numeral, nominative; NUM-G numeral, genitive
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Verbs
(see table below for passive participle (VAN) and past participle (VBN))
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
VB verb; BE VERA (BE verb); DO GERA (DO verb); HV HAFA (HAVE verb); MD modal verb; RD VERÐA (WILL BE/BECOME)
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2 |
Tense |
P–present, D–past
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3 |
Mood |
ZZZ imperative, I indicative, S subjunctive
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Examples |
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# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
VAN-verb, past participle
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2 |
Tense |
D–past
|
3 |
Voice |
A–active, M–middle
|
4 |
Gender |
M–masculine, F–feminine, N–neuter
|
5 |
Number |
S–singular, P–plural
|
6 |
Case |
N–nominative, A–accusative, D–dative, G–genitive
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Prepositions
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
P–preposition
|
2 |
Case governed |
A–governs accusative, D–governs dative, G–governs genitive
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Adverbs
# |
Category/Feature |
Symbol – semantics
|
1 |
Word class |
ADV–adverb
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2 |
Category |
N–normal, I–exclamation, A–governs accusative, D–governs dative (like nærri því 'almost', see ADVP), G–governs genitive
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3 |
Degree |
C–comparative, S–superlative
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Simple Tags
- CONJ - conjunction
- FOREIGN - foreign word
- NEG - negation, ekki, eigi, ei
- TO - infinitival marker að, 'to'.
- X - unanalyzed word