Syntactic labels

In some language pairs, shallow syntax tags are used to improve disambiguation, or allow tighter rules to be written. For example, disambiguating verb phrase co-ordinators from noun phrase co-ordinators lets you write rules to merge two co-ordinated NPs.

Standard syntax tags

These are the uniform tags used in many Giellatekno projects.

Tag	Description
@←SUBJ	Subject, head verb to the left
@SUBJ→	Subject, head verb to the right
@←OBJ	Direct object, head verb to the left
@OBJ→	Direct object, head verb to the right
@←IOBJ	Indirect object, head verb to the left
@IOBJ→	Indirect object, head verb to the right
@→N	Noun modifier, head noun to the right
@N←	Noun modifier, head noun to the left
@→A	Adjective modifier, head noun to the right
@A←	Adjective modifier, head noun to the left
@IM
@SPRED	Subject predicate
@←SPRED	Subject predicate, head verb
@SPRED→
@OPRED
@←OPRED
@OPRED→
@+FAUXV	Finite auxiliary verb
@-FAUXV	Non-finite auxiliary verb
@+FMAINV	Finite main verb
@-FMAINV	Non-finite main verb
@-FSUBJ→
@-F←OBJ
@-FOBJ→
@SPRED←OBJ
@-FADVL
@←ADVL	Adverbial modifier, head to the left
@ADVL→	Adverbial modifier, head to the right
@ADVL	Adverbial modifier
@P←	Complement of a preposition
@CNP	Local conjunction or subjunction
@CVP	Conjunction or subjunction that joins finite-verb phrases
@→CS
@CNP-VP	Ambiguous co-ordinator
@APP
@IMV	Infinite main verb
@ICL-ADVL	Non-finite subclause ...
@ICL-AUX←	"right" argument of auxiliary (?)
@ICL-OBJ	Non-finite subclause ...
@ICL-STA	Non-finite subclause ...
@HNOUN	Noun phrase fragment
@X	No analysis

External links

• Syntax tags used in Sámi at giellatekno.uit.no