Tagset

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
1	Word class	N noun, NPR proper noun,
2	Number	S plural
3	Case	N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
	Examples	N-G noun, singular, genitive; NS-N noun, plural, nominative; NPR-A proper noun, singular, accusative; NPRS-Dproper noun, plural, dative

Adjectives

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	ADJ adjective, ADJR adjective, comparative, ADJS adjective, superlative
2	Case	N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
	Examples	ADJ-N adjective, nominative; ADJR-D adjective, comparative; ADJS-G adjective, superlative, genitive

Pronouns

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	PRO pronoun
2	Case	N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
	Examples	PRO-A pronoun, accusative; PRO-D pronoun, dative

Article (determiner)

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	D determiner
2	Case	N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
	Examples	D-D determiner, dative; D-G determiner, genitive

Numbers

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	NUM numeral
3	Case	N nominative, A accusative, D dative, G genitive
	Examples	NUM-N numeral, nominative; NUM-G numeral, genitive

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)
2	Tense	P–present, D–past
3	Mood	ZZZ imperative, I indicative, S subjunctive
	Examples

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	VAN-verb, past participle
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

Prepositions

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	P–preposition
2	Case governed	A–governs accusative, D–governs dative, G–governs genitive

Adverbs

#	Category/Feature	Symbol – semantics
1	Word class	ADV–adverb
2	Category	N–normal, I–exclamation, A–governs accusative, D–governs dative (like nærri því 'almost', see ADVP), G–governs genitive
3	Degree	C–comparative, S–superlative

Simple Tags

• CONJ - conjunction
• FOREIGN - foreign word
• NEG - negation, ekki, eigi, ei
• TO - infinitival marker að, 'to'.
• X - unanalyzed word