POS tags
| Open class words | Closed class words | Other |
|---|---|---|
| ADJ | ADP | PUNCT |
| ADV | AUX | SYM |
| INTJ | CONJ | X |
| NOUN | DET | |
| PROPN | NUM | |
| VERB | PART | |
| PRON | ||
| SCONJ |
ADJ: adjective
Present, past and future participles are marked as ADJ, marked by the feature VerbForm. They are not comparable, thus their Degree feature is None, as opposed to normal adjectives. Common features for adjectives and participles are: Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]. Non-participial adjectives also bear the feature NumType.
ADP: adposition
Hungarian postpositions are marked as ADP.
ADV: adverb
Adverbial subclasses are marked with the feature PronType. Some of them are comparable, thus they bear the Degree feature.
AUX: auxiliary verb
We consider the verbs “volna”, “fog”, “talál” and “szokott” as AUX in Hungarian.
CONJ: coordinating conjunction
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for CONJ.
DET: determiner
Demonstrative DETs may be inflected in Hungarian (as a from of grammatical agreement with the noun it precedes):
azokat a könyveket
this-PL-ACC the book-PL-ACC
``those books’’
These determiners bear the nominal inflectional features (Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]).
INTJ: interjection
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for INTJ.
NOUN: noun
Nouns can have the following features: Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]
NUM: numeral
Numbers bear the nominal inflectional features (Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]), plus the NumType feature.
PART: particle
PARTs are those words in Hungarian that only function as preverbs and are not used elsewhere.
Nem ette meg a levest.
not eat-PAST-3SG-OBJ (preverb) the soup-ACC
``He did not eat the soup.’’
PRON: pronoun
Besides the nominal inflectional features (Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]), pronouns are marked for Number and Person and PronType. Reflexive pronouns bear the feature reflexive but no PronType.
PROPN: proper noun
Proper nouns can have the following features: Number, Case, Number[psor], Person[psor], Number[psed]
PUNCT: punctuation
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for PUNCT.
SCONJ: subordinating conjunction
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for SCONJ.
SYM: symbol
This document is a placeholder for the language-specific documentation
for SYM.
VERB: verb
Verbal features are: VerbForm, Voice, Aspect, Mood, Tense, Person, Number, Definite. Definiteness refers to the definiteness of the object of the verb, which triggers different verbal forms:
Látom a madarat. see-PRES-1SG-DEF the bird-ACC “I see the bird.”
Látok egy madarat. see-PRES-1SG-INDEF a bird-ACC “I see a bird.”