In this subsection, the part-of-speech type hierarchy used for the TIGER Corpus Sampler (based on a modified version version of the STTS tag set) is listed as an example. The file is also placed in the doc/examples/ subdirectory of your TIGERSearch installation.
<typedeclaration base="pos" version="1.0"> <!-- base type: pos --> <type name="pos"> <subtype nameref="openclass"/> <subtype nameref="closedclass"/> <subtype nameref="punctuation"/> <subtype nameref="misc"/> </type> <!-- open word classes--> <type name="openclass"> <subtype nameref="noun"/> <subtype nameref="verb"/> <subtype nameref="adjective"/> <!-- adverb --> <constant value="ADV" comment="schon, bald, doch"/> </type> <!-- closed word classes--> <type name="closedclass"> <!-- definite or indefinite article --> <constant value="ART" comment="der, die, das, ein, eine"/> <subtype nameref="proform"/> <!-- cardinal number --> <constant value="CARD" comment="zwei [Männer], [im Jahre] 1994"/> <subtype nameref="conjunction"/> <subtype nameref="adposition"/> <!-- interjection --> <constant value="ITJ" comment="mhm, ach, tja"/> <subtype nameref="particle"/> </type> <!-- noun --> <type name="noun"> <!-- common noun --> <constant value="NN" comment="Tisch, Herr, [das] Reisen"/> <!-- proper noun --> <constant value="NE" comment="Hans, Hamburg, HSV"/> </type> <!-- verb --> <type name="verb"> <subtype nameref="finite"/> <subtype nameref="nonfinite"/> </type> <!-- finite verbform --> <type name="finite"> <!-- finite full verb --> <constant value="VVFIN" comment="du] gehst, [wir] kommen [an]"/> <!-- finite auxiliary verb --> <constant value="VAFIN" comment="[du] bist, [wir] werden"/> <!-- finite modal verb --> <constant value="VMFIN" comment="dürfen"/> </type> <!-- non-finite verbform --> <type name="nonfinite"> <subtype nameref="infinitive"/> <subtype nameref="participle"/> <subtype nameref="imperative"/> <!-- infinitive with zu, full verb --> <constant value="VVIZU" comment="anzukommen, loszulassen"/> </type> <!-- infinitive verbform --> <type name="infinitive"> <!-- inifinitive, full verb --> <constant value="VVINF" comment="gehen, ankommen"/> <!-- infinitive, auxiliary verb --> <constant value="VAINF" comment="werden, sein"/> <!-- infinitive, modal verb --> <constant value="VMINF" comment="wollen"/> </type> <!-- past participle --> <type name="participle"> <!-- past participle, full verb --> <constant value="VVPP" comment="gegangen, angekommen"/> <!-- past participle, auxiliary verb --> <constant value="VAPP" comment="gewesen"/> <!-- past participle, modal verb --> <constant value="VMPP" comment="gekonnt, [er hat gehen] können"/> </type> <!-- past participle --> <type name="participle"> <!-- past participle, full verb --> <constant value="VVPP" comment="gegangen, angekommen"/> <!-- past participle, auxiliary verb --> <constant value="VAPP" comment="gewesen"/> <!-- past participle, modal verb --> <constant value="VMPP" comment="gekonnt, [er hat gehen] können"/> </type> <!-- imperative --> <type name="imperative"> <!-- imperative, full verb --> <constant value="VVIMP" comment="komm [!]"/> <!-- imperative, auxiliary verb --> <constant value="VAIMP" comment="sei [ruhig !]"/> </type> <!-- adjective --> <type name="adjective"> <!-- attributive adjective --> <constant value="ADJA" comment="[das] große [Haus]"/> <!-- adverbal or predicative adjective --> <constant value="ADJD" comment="[er fährt] schnell, [er ist] schnell"/> </type> <!-- proform --> <type name="proform"> <subtype nameref="prodemon"/> <subtype nameref="proindef"/> <!-- irreflexive personal pronoun --> <constant value="PPER" comment="ich, er, ihm, mich, dir"/> <subtype nameref="propos"/> <subtype nameref="prorel"/> <!-- reflexive pronoun --> <constant value="PRF" comment="sich, einander, dich, mir"/> <subtype nameref="prointer"/> <!-- pronominal adverb, bug, should be "PAV" --> <constant value="PROAV" comment="dafür, dabei, deswegen, trotzdem"/> </type> <!-- demonstrative pronoun --> <type name="prodemon"> <!-- substitutive demonstrative pronoun --> <constant value="PDS" comment="dieser, jener"/> <!-- attributive demonstrative pronoun --> <constant value="PDAT" comment="jener [Mensch]"/> </type> <!-- indefinite pronoun --> <type name="proindef"> <!-- substitutive indefinite pronoun --> <constant value="PIS" comment="keiner, viele, man, niemand"/> <!-- attributive indefinite pronoun --> <constant value="PIAT" comment="kein [Mensch], irgendein [Glas]"/> </type> <!-- posessive pronoun --> <type name="propos"> <!-- substitutive possesive pronoun --> <constant value="PPOSS" comment="meins, deiner"/> <!-- attributive possessive pronoun --> <constant value="PPOSAT" comment="mein [Buch], deine [Mutter]"/> </type> <!-- relative pronoun --> <type name="prorel"> <!-- substitutive relative pronoun --> <constant value="PRELS" comment="[der Hund,] der"/> <!-- attributive relative pronoun --> <constant value="PRELAT" comment="[der Mann ,] dessen [Hund]"/> </type> <!-- interrogative pronoun --> <type name="prointer"> <!-- substitutive interrogative pronoun --> <constant value="PWS" comment="wer, was"/> <!-- attributive interrogative pronoun --> <constant value="PWAT" comment="welche [Farbe], wessen [Hut]"/> <!-- interrogative adverb or adverbial relative pronoun --> <constant value="PWAV" comment="warum, wo, wann, worüber, wobei"/> </type> <!-- conjunction --> <type name="conjunction"> <subtype nameref="conjsub"/> <!-- coordinating conjunction --> <constant value="KON" comment="und, oder, aber"/> <!-- comparative conjunction --> <constant value="KOKOM" comment="als, wie"/> </type> <!-- subordinating conjunction --> <type name="conjsub"> <!-- subordinating conjunction with zu-infinitive --> <constant value="KOUI" comment="um [zu leben], anstatt [zu fragen]"/> <!-- subordinating conjunction with sentence --> <constant value="KOUS" comment="weil, daß, damit, wenn, ob"/> </type> <!-- adposition --> <type name="adposition"> <!-- preposition --> <constant value="APPR" comment="in [der Stadt], ohne [mich], von [jetzt an]"/> <!-- preposition + article --> <constant value="APPRART" comment="im [Haus], zur [Sache]"/> <!-- postposition --> <constant value="APPO" comment="[ihm] zufolge, [der Sache] wegen"/> <!-- circumposition, right part --> <constant value="APZR" comment="[von jetzt] an"/> </type> <!-- particle --> <type name="particle"> <!-- "zu" before infinitive --> <constant value="PTKZU" comment="zu [gehen]"/> <!-- negating particle --> <constant value="PTKNEG" comment="nicht"/> <!-- separated verb particle --> <constant value="PTKVZ" comment="er kommt] an, [er fährt] rad"/> <!-- answer particle --> <constant value="PTKANT" comment="ja, nein, danke, bitte"/> <!-- particle with adjektive or adverb --> <constant value="PTKA" comment="am [schönsten], zu [schnell]"/> </type> <type name="punctuation"> <!-- comma --> <constant value="$," comment=","/> <!-- final punctuation --> <constant value="$." comment=". ? ! ; :"/> <!-- other punctuation marks --> <constant value="$(" comment="- [,]()"/> </type> <type name="misc"> <!-- foreign material --> <constant value="FM" comment="[Er hat das mit ``] A big fish ['' übersetzt]"/> <!-- nonword, with special characters --> <constant value="XY" comment="3:7, H2O, D2XW3"/> <!-- truncated element --> <constant value="TRUNC" comment="An- [und Abreise]"/> <!-- untagged --> <constant value="--"/> <!-- tagging of the token unknown --> <constant value="UNKNOWN"/> </type> </typedeclaration>