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user:zeman:interset:features [2014/09/01 12:26]
zeman adpostype prep 		user:zeman:interset:features [2014/10/12 13:46]
zeman Symbol is a separate part of speech, it is not punctuation.
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 | part | particle | | part | particle |
 | int | interjection | | int | interjection |
-| punc | punctuation or symbol |+| punc | punctuation | 
 +| sym | symbol | 
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 +The difference between punctuation and symbols is that punctuation delimits parts of the sentence while symbols can be substituted for a word. For example, //$// is not a punctuation, it is another form of writing the noun //dollar.// See also [[http://universaldependencies.github.io/docs/u/pos/SYM.html|the definition of SYM]] for the Universal Dependencies.
  
 ===== nountype ===== ===== nountype =====
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 | semi | semicolon | | semi | semicolon |
 | dash | dash | | dash | dash |
-| symb | symbol | 
 | root | artificial sentence root node, beginning of sentence | | root | artificial sentence root node, beginning of sentence |
  
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 | sing | singular | | sing | singular |
 | dual | dual | | dual | dual |
-| plu | plural |+| plur | plural |
 | ptan | plurale tantum | | ptan | plurale tantum |
 | coll | collective / mass / singulare tantum | | coll | collective / mass / singulare tantum |
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 | dual | dual | | dual | dual |
-| plu | plural |+| plur | plural |
  
 It applies e.g. to possessive pronouns and it can be different from their grammatical number, which is governed by agreement with the modified (possessed) noun phrase. Czech example: //můj pes// "my dog" (grammatical singular, possessor singular), //mí psi// "my dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor singular), //náš pes// "our dog" (grammatical singular, possessor plural), //naši psi// "our dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor plural). It applies e.g. to possessive pronouns and it can be different from their grammatical number, which is governed by agreement with the modified (possessed) noun phrase. Czech example: //můj pes// "my dog" (grammatical singular, possessor singular), //mí psi// "my dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor singular), //náš pes// "our dog" (grammatical singular, possessor plural), //naši psi// "our dogs" (grammatical plural, possessor plural).
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 | dual | dual | | dual | dual |
-| plu | plural |+| plur | plural |
  
 In Hungarian, possession can be marked on the possessor or on the possessed. It is possible, though rare, that a noun has three distinct number features: its own grammatical number, number of its possessor and number of its possession. Examples from the Multext-East Hungarian lexicon: In Hungarian, possession can be marked on the possessor or on the possessed. It is possible, though rare, that a noun has three distinct number features: its own grammatical number, number of its possessor and number of its possession. Examples from the Multext-East Hungarian lexicon:
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 | 2 | second (you) | | 2 | second (you) |
 | 3 | third (he, she, it, they) | | 3 | third (he, she, it, they) |
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 +Note that this feature is used also for possessive pronouns, where it means the person of the possessor. E.g. "my" has person=1, "your" has person=2, "their" has person=3.
  
 ===== possperson ===== ===== possperson =====
  
-Possgender is possessor's person, marked e.g. in Hungarian.+Possperson is possessor's person, marked e.g. in Hungarian. Don't use it for possessive pronouns (use [[https://wiki.ufal.ms.mff.cuni.cz/user:zeman:interset:features#person|person]] instead).
  
 | **Value** | **Description** | | **Value** | **Description** |
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 ===== subcat ===== ===== subcat =====
  
-There are tag sets (e.g. Bulgarian CoNLL) that classify verbs as intransitive or transitive. It turns out that a Bulgarian verb can have set both features type=aux && trans=t. That is why we cannot mix transitivity and auxiliarity in subpos.+There are tag sets (e.g. Bulgarian CoNLL) that classify verbs as intransitive or transitive.
  
 | **Value** | **Description** | | **Value** | **Description** |
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 | **Value** | **Meaning** | **Explanation** | **Examples** | | **Value** | **Meaning** | **Explanation** | **Examples** |
 | rdp | reduplicative | The word is a copy of a previous word. In Hindi, this would add the meaning of distribution ("one rupee each"), separation ("sit separately"), variety, diversity or just emphasis. | hi: "कभी - कभी" = "kabhī - kabhī" = "sometimes", "कभी" = "kabhī" = "sometimes"; "एक एक" = "eka eka" = "one each", "एक" = "eka" = "one" | | rdp | reduplicative | The word is a copy of a previous word. In Hindi, this would add the meaning of distribution ("one rupee each"), separation ("sit separately"), variety, diversity or just emphasis. | hi: "कभी - कभी" = "kabhī - kabhī" = "sometimes", "कभी" = "kabhī" = "sometimes"; "एक एक" = "eka eka" = "one each", "एक" = "eka" = "one" |
-| ech | echo | The word rhymes with a previous word but it is not identical to it and typically id does not have any meaning of its own. In Hindi it generalizes the meaning of the previous word and eventually translates as "or something", "etc." etc. | hi: "चाय वाय" = "čāya vāya" = "tea or something" (as in "Have some tea or something.") |+| ech | echo | The word rhymes with a previous word but it is not identical to it and typically it does not have any meaning of its own. In Hindi it generalizes the meaning of the previous word and eventually translates as "or something", "etc." etc. | hi: "चाय वाय" = "čāya vāya" = "tea or something" (as in "Have some tea or something.") |
  
 For more details see Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman: //Teach Yourself Hindi,// Section 16.4 and 16.5, pages 210 – 211. For more details see Rupert Snell and Simon Weightman: //Teach Yourself Hindi,// Section 16.4 and 16.5, pages 210 – 211.

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