German RFTagger tagset
German POS tags are quite complex:
können
VFIN.Mod.3.Pl.Pres.Ind |
weitere
ADJA.Comp.Nom.Pl.Fem |
Informationen
N.Reg.Nom.Pl.Fem |
abgerufen
VPP.Full.Psp |
To see tags, use the concordance and click View options visibility.
Examples
This is how tags should be used in the CQL concordance search on the ADVANCED tab:
[tag="ADJ.*"] |
finds all adjectives, e.g. gut, möglich (make sure you use straight quotation marks) |
[tag="N.Reg.Nom.Pl.Fem"] |
finds all nouns which are regular (common nouns), in the nominative, plural, feminine |
[lemma="Inf.*" & tag="N.*Pl.*"] |
finds all nouns in plural starting Inf- (use .* instead of each category for which you do not want to specify concrete criteria) |
[lemma="Tür" & tag=".*Pl.*"] |
finds the plural forms of the lemma Tür in all cases |
Table of common tags
This table provides a list of basic part-of-speech tags that can be used to find the whole category of a concrete part of speech, e.g. nouns [tag="N.*"]
Part of speech |
Tag |
adjective |
ADJ.* |
adverb |
ADV.* |
article |
ART.* |
conjunction |
CONJ.* |
noun |
N.* |
numeral |
CARD |
preposition |
APPR.* |
pronoun |
PRO\..* |
verb |
V.* |
Table of advanced tags
The following table contains all possible values of part-of-speech tags in the German RFTagger tagset. It allows you to define a specific group of adjectives, nouns, and the like which you need to lookup. For instance, all third-person plural forms of verbs in the past tense can be found by using the CQL query: [tag="VFIN..*.3.Pl.*Past.*"]
Adjectives
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
attributive adjectives |
ADJA |
[tag="ADJA.*"] |
Degree |
comparative |
Comp |
[tag="ADJA.Comp.*"] finds all comparative adjectives |
|
positive |
Sup |
|
|
superlative |
Pos |
|
Case |
nominative |
Nom |
|
|
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
|
|
accusative |
Acc |
[tag="ADJA.*Acc.*"] finds all adjectives in the accusative |
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
[tag="ADJA.*Dat.Pl.*"] finds all plural forms of adjectives in the dative |
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Gender |
feminine |
Fem |
|
|
masculine |
Masc |
|
|
neuter |
Neut |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
[tag="ADJA.*\*"] finds all adjectives with unspecified gender |
Category |
adjective with predicative or adverbial usage |
ADJD |
[tag="ADJD.*"] finds all adjectives with predicative or adverbial usage |
Degree |
comparative |
Comp |
[tag="ADJD.Sup.*"] finds all superlative adjectives with predicative or adverbial usage |
|
positive |
Sup |
|
|
superlative |
Pos |
|
Adverbs
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
adverbs |
ADV |
[tag="ADV"] finds all adverbs |
Postpositions
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
postposition |
APPO |
[tag="APPO.*"] |
Case |
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
[tag="APPO.Dat"] finds all postpositions in the dative |
|
accusative |
Acc |
|
Prepositions
The CQL query [tag="APPR.*"]
finds all types of prepositions (including incorporated article) in any case, number, and gender.
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
preposition |
APPR |
[tag="APPR\..*"] finds all prepositions |
Case |
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
[tag="APPR.Dat"] finds all prepositions in the dative |
|
accusative |
Acc |
|
Category |
preposition with incorporated article |
APPRART |
[tag="APPRART.*"] finds all prepositions with incorporated article |
Case |
nominative |
Nom |
|
|
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
|
|
accusative |
Acc |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Gender |
feminine |
Fem |
|
|
masculine |
Masc |
|
|
neuter |
Neut |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Circumpositions (right part)
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
circumposition (right part) |
APZR |
[tag="APZR"] finds all circumposition (right part)
|
Articles
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
article |
ART |
[tag="ART.*"] finds all articles |
Type |
definite |
Def |
|
|
indefinite |
Indef |
[tag="ART.Indef"] finds all indefinite articles |
Case |
nominative |
Nom |
|
|
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
|
|
accusative |
Acc |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Gender |
feminine |
Fem |
|
|
masculine |
Masc |
|
|
neuter |
Neut |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Cardinal numbers
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
cardinal number |
CARD |
[tag="CARD"] finds all cardinal numbers
|
Conjunctions
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
circumposition (right part) |
CONJ |
[tag="CONJ.*"] finds all conjunctions
|
Type |
comparative |
Comp |
|
|
coordinating |
Coord |
|
|
subordinating with finite clause |
SubFin |
|
|
subordinating with infinitive |
SubInf |
|
Foreign words
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
foreign word |
FM |
[tag="FM"] finds all foreign words |
Interjections
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
interjection |
ITJ |
[tag="ITJ"] finds all interjections |
Nouns
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
noun |
N |
[tag="N.*"] finds all articles |
Type |
proper noun |
Name |
|
|
regular noun, common noun |
Reg |
[tag="N.Reg.*"] finds all regular/common nouns |
Case |
nominative |
Nom |
|
|
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
|
|
accusative |
Acc |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
[tag="N.Name.*Sg.*"] finds all singular proper nouns |
|
plural |
Plural |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Gender |
feminine |
Fem |
|
|
masculine |
Masc |
|
|
neuter |
Neut |
[tag="N.*Pl.Neut*"] finds all plural neuter nouns |
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Particles
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
particle |
PART |
[tag="PART.*"] finds all particles |
Type |
answer |
Ans |
|
|
degree |
Deg |
|
|
negation |
Neg |
[tag="PART.Neg"] finds all negative particles |
|
“zu” particle |
Zu |
|
|
separated verb particle |
Verb |
|
Pronouns
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
pronoun |
PRO |
[tag="PRO.*"] |
Type |
demonstrative |
Dem |
|
|
indefinite |
Indef |
|
|
interrogative |
Inter |
|
|
personal |
Pers |
[tag="PRO.Pers.*"] find all personal pronouns |
|
reflexive |
Refl |
|
|
relative |
Rel |
|
|
possessive |
Poss |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Usage |
attributive |
Attr |
|
|
substituting |
Subst |
[tag="PRO.Rel.Subst.*"] finds all relative pronouns that substitute |
Person |
first |
1 |
|
|
second |
2 |
[tag="PRO.Dem.*2.*"] finds all 2nd-person forms of demonstrative pronouns |
|
third |
3 |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
|
|
not applicable |
|
|
Case |
nominative |
Nom |
|
|
genitive |
Gen |
|
|
dative |
Dat |
|
|
accusative |
Acc |
[tag="PRO.*Acc.*"] finds all pronouns in the accusative |
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
[tag="Pro.*Dat.Pl.*"] finds all plural forms of pronouns in the dative |
|
unspecified |
* |
|
Gender |
feminine |
Fem |
|
|
masculine |
Masc |
|
|
neuter |
Neut |
|
|
unspecified |
* |
[tag="PRO.*\*"] finds all adjectives with unspecified gender |
Pronomial adverbs
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
pronomial adverb |
PROADV |
[tag="PROADV"] finds all pronomial adverbs |
Type |
regular: dabei damit |
Dem |
|
|
interrogative or relative: wie wozu |
Inter |
[tag="PROADV"] finds all interrogative/relative pronomial adverbs |
Symbols
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
symbol |
SYM |
[tag="SYM.*] finds all symbols |
Type |
punctuation |
PUN |
|
|
quotation |
Quot |
|
|
parenthesis |
Paren |
|
|
other |
Other |
|
Subtype |
Left |
Left |
|
|
Right |
Right |
|
|
colon |
Colon |
|
|
comma |
Comma |
|
|
sentence punctuation |
Sent |
|
|
hyphen |
Hyph |
|
|
slash / |
Slash |
|
|
asterisk * |
Aster |
|
|
continuation periods … |
Cont |
|
|
author |
Auth |
|
|
|
XY |
|
Truncated word forms
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
truncated word form |
TRUNC |
[tag="TRUNC.*"] |
part of speech |
adjective |
Adj |
|
|
noun |
Noun |
|
|
verb |
Verb |
|
Verbs
All verbs can be found by the following CQL query: [tag="V.*"]
Value |
Description |
Tag |
Example |
Category |
finite verb |
VFIN |
[tag="VFIN.*"] finds all finite verbs |
Type |
auxiliary |
Aux |
|
|
modal |
Mod |
|
|
full verb |
Full |
|
Person |
first |
1 |
|
|
second |
2 |
|
|
third |
3 |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
|
Tense |
past tense |
Past |
|
|
present tense |
Pres |
[tag="VFIN.*Pres.*"] finds all finite verbs in the present tense |
Mood |
indicative |
Ind |
|
|
subjunctive |
Subj |
|
Category |
imperative verb |
VIMP |
[tag="VIMP.*"] finds all imperative verbs |
Type |
auxiliary |
Aux |
|
|
modal |
Mod |
|
|
full verb |
Full |
|
Person |
first |
1 |
|
|
second |
2 |
|
|
third |
3 |
|
Number |
singular |
Sg |
|
|
plural |
Plural |
|
Category |
infinitival verb |
VINF |
[tag="VINF.*"] finds all participle verbs |
Type |
auxiliary |
Aux |
|
|
modal |
Mod |
|
|
full verb |
Full |
|
Subtype |
with “zu” infix |
zu |
|
|
no infix |
|
[tag="VINF[^z]*"] finds all participle verbs with no infix |
Category |
participle verb |
VPP |
[tag="VPP.*"] finds all participle verbs |
Type |
auxiliary |
Aux |
|
|
modal |
Mod |
|
|
full verb |
Full |
|
Subtype |
present participle |
Prp |
|
|
past participle |
Psp |
[tag="VPP.Psp.*"] finds all participle verbs in the past participle form |
Source: http://www.cis.uni-muenchen.de/~schmid/tools/RFTagger/