Morphological analysis codes

Morphological analyses use MENOTA’s me:msa codes, separated by spaces. The order of the codes does not matter: xNC cN nS gF and gF nS cN xNC are the same analysis.

Word classes

Code	Meaning
xNC	Common noun
xNP	Proper noun
xAJ	Adjective
xVB	Verb
xPE	Personal pronoun
xPR	Reflexive pronoun
xPQ	Interrogative pronoun
xPI	Indefinite pronoun
xDD	Demonstrative determiner
xDQ	Quantifying determiner
xDP	Possessive determiner
xAV	Adverb
xAQ	Interrogative adverb
xAP	Preposition
xCC	Coordinating conjunction
xCS	Subordinating conjunction
xIT	Interjection
xIM	Infinitive marker

Morphological categories

Category	Values
Case	cN (nominative), cG (genitive), cD (dative), cA (accusative)
Number	nS (singular), nD (dual), nP (plural)
Gender	gM (masculine), gF (feminine), gN (neuter)
Definiteness	sI (indefinite), sD (definite)
Grade	rP (positive), rC (comparative), rS (superlative)
Person	p1, p2, p3
Tense	tPS (present), tPT (preterite)
Mood	mIN (indicative), mSU (subjunctive), mIP (imperative)
Voice	vA (active), vR (reflexive/middle)
Finiteness	fF (finite), fP (participle), fS (supine), fI (infinitive)

Examples

• xNC cN nS gF — common noun, nominative singular feminine
• xVB fF p3 nS tPT mIN vA — verb, finite, third person singular preterite indicative active
• xAJ rC cA nP gM — adjective, comparative, accusative plural masculine

An analysis confirmed in Saga-Scribe is written on the word:

<w lemma="kona" me:msa="xNC cN nP gF">
  <me:facs>konur</me:facs>
  <me:dipl>konur</me:dipl>
  <me:norm>konur</me:norm>
</w>

Notes

Only the categories that apply. A noun does not take person, tense, mood or voice; an adverb takes none of the nominal categories. The word panel shows the categories that apply to the chosen word class.

Definiteness is about the form. sD marks the definite form (for example a suffixed article), not whether the referent is definite in context.

Grade applies to adjectives and adverbs. rP is the positive, rC the comparative and rS the superlative.

Finiteness describes the verb form. fF finite, fP participle, fS supine, fI infinitive. Combine it with the categories that apply: a finite verb has person, number, tense, mood and voice; an infinitive has voice but not person or tense.

Analyses are compared as sets. The order of the codes is not significant, so the same analysis entered differently is still recognised as a known analysis. This also applies when lemmas are written into imported files.