ExtPos: external part of speech
| Values: | ADJ | ADP | ADV | CCONJ | DET | INTJ | NOUN | NUM | PART | PRON | PROPN | SCONJ | VERB |
This feature differs significantly from all other features: It describes neither the lexical category,
nor the inflectional paradigm slot of the token it appears on. Rather than to the individual token,
it pertains to a multiword expression and indicates the part of speech that the expression would get
if it were analyzed as a single word. ExtPos is annotated at the head node of the multiword
expression. The possible values are taken from the defined UPOS tags and no other
values are allowed (not even at the language-specific level). The main motivation for ExtPos is that
the multiword expression may behave like a part of speech different from the UPOS of the head node;
however, ExtPos is sometimes used even if it is identical to the UPOS of the head node. Also, it is
not strictly necessary that the expression is multiword – if one of the words of the expression is
omitted by mistake, or if a single word has been coerced into a part of speech different from its
lexical one, ExtPos may be used to signal it.
ExtPos feature is used in fixed functional multiword expressions (the head node has one
or more children attached via the fixed relation). However, ExtPos is occasionally useful in other situations, too:
for example, when a multiword expression acts as a proper noun (although its parts behave like other
words) or as an interjection.
ADJ: adjective-like expression
Examples
ADP: adposition-like expression
Examples
- як то “that” (як = SCONJ)
ADV: adverb-like expression
The multiword parentheticals are also considered as adverb-like expressions.
Examples
CCONJ: coordinating conjunction-like expression
Examples
- то естъ “i. e.” (то = PRON)
- а и “and” (а = CCONJ)
- а любо “and” (а = CCONJ)
- а также (и) “and also” (а = CCONJ)
- яко и “and” (яко = SCONJ)
DET: determiner-like expression
Examples
INTJ: interjection-like expression
Examples
NOUN: noun-like expression
Examples
NUM: numeral-like expression
Examples
PART: particle-like expression
Examples
PRON: pronoun-like expression
Examples
PROPN: proper noun-like expression
Examples
SCONJ: subordinator-like expression
Examples
VERB: verb-like (predicative) expression
Examples
ExtPos in other languages: [af] [bej] [de] [el] [en] [fr] [gd] [ha] [ht] [hy] [it] [koi] [ltg] [lv] [naq] [nmf] [orv] [pcm] [pt] [ru] [say] [u] [uk] [xcl]