ExtPos: external part of speech
| Values: | ADJ | ADP | ADV | AUX | CCONJ | DET | INTJ | PRON | PROPN | SCONJ | PART |
This feature 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.
ExtPos is strongly recommended for fixed functional multiword expressions (the head node has one
or more children attached via the fixed relation). These should normally lead to ExtPos values
ADP, ADV, CCONJ, DET, PRON, SCONJ (the fixed relation should not be used for compounds
that work like content words). 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
- [el] μη μου άπτου (a multiword adjective paraphrasable as “too sensitive”, lit. “not me touch”; the first node is a PART)
ADP: adposition-like expression
Multiword adpositions occur in many languages. Often they are grammaticalized prepositional phrases.
Examples
- [el] υπό την αιγίδα “under the auspices” (here the first node is an ADP of Ancient Greek)
ADV: adverb-like expression
Examples
- [el] μια ώρα αρχύτερα (a multiword adverb paraphrasable as “as early as possible”; the first node is a NUM)
CCONJ: coordinating conjunction-like expression
Examples
- [el] ακόμη και “even the” (here the first node aκόμη is an ADV)
DET: determiner-like expression
Examples
- [el] πέντε δέκα “five or ten” (here the first node five is a NUM)
INTJ: interjection-like expression
Examples
- [el] τέλος πάντων “anyway” (here the first node τέλος is a NOUN)
SCONJ: subordinator-like expression
Examples
- [el] σε περίπτωση που “in the case that, if” (here the first node σε is an ADP)
- [el] αν και “although” (the first node is an SCONJ itself, so UPOS = ExtPos)
PART: particle
Examples
- [el]
ExtPos in other languages: [af] [bej] [de] [el] [en] [fr] [gd] [ha] [ht] [hy] [hyw] [it] [koi] [ltg] [lv] [mt] [naq] [nmf] [orv] [pcm] [pt] [ru] [say] [u] [uk] [xcl]