A tagset is a list of part-of-speech tags (POS tags for short), i.e. labels used to indicate the part of speech and sometimes also other grammatical categories (case, tense etc.) of each token in a text corpus.
Mapping file for English CLAWS tagset between version 8 and 7 shows conversion between newer and older version of English CLAWS part-of-speech tagset.
Following chart show conversion part-of-speech tags from CLAWS version 8 to CLAWS version 7.
An Example of a tag in the CQL concordance search box: [tag="AT1"] finds all singular articles as a, an, every (note: please make sure that you use straight double quotation marks)
Mapping chart
| POS Tag mapping | Description |
| APPGE -> APPGE | possessive pronoun, pre-nominal (e.g. “my”, “your”, “our”) |
| AT -> AT | article (e.g. “the”, “no”) |
| AT1 -> AT1 | singular article (e.g. “a”, “an”, “every”) |
| BCL -> BCL | before-clause marker (e.g. “in order (that)”, “in order (to)”) |
| CC -> CC | coordinating conjunction (e.g. “and”, “or”) |
| CCB -> CCB | adversative coordinating conjunction (“but”) |
| CS -> CS | subordinating conjunction (e.g. “if”, “because”, “unless”, “so”, “for”) |
| CSA -> CSA | “as” (as conjunction) |
| CSN -> CSN | “than” (as conjunction) |
| CST -> CST | “that” (as conjunction) |
| CSW -> CSW | “whether” (as conjunction) |
| DA -> DA | after-determiner or post-determiner capable of pronominal function (e.g. “such”, “former”, “same”) |
| DA1 -> DA1 | singular after-determiner (e.g. “little”, “much”) |
| DA2 -> DA2 | plural after-determiner (e.g. “few”, “several”, “many”) |
| DAR -> DAR | comparative after-determiner (e.g. “more”, “less”, “fewer”) |
| DAT -> DAT | superlative after-determiner (e.g. “most”, “least”, “fewest”) |
| DB -> DB | before determiner or pre-determiner capable of pronominal function (“all”, “half”) |
| DB2 -> DB2 | plural before-determiner (“both”) |
| DD -> DD | determiner (capable of pronominal function) (e.g “any”, “some”) |
| DD1 -> DD1 | singular determiner (e.g. “this”, “that”, “another”) |
| DD2 -> DD2 | plural determiner (“these”, “those”) |
| DDL -> DDQ | c8_only: wh-determiner, relative (“which”) |
| DDLGE -> DDQGE | c8_only: wh-determiner, relative, genitive (“whose”) |
| DDQ -> DDQ | wh-determiner, interrogative (“which”, “what”) |
| DDQGE -> DDQGE | wh-determiner, interrogative, genitive (“whose”) |
| DDQV -> DDQV | wh-ever determiner, interrogative (“whichever”, “whatever”) |
| EX -> EX | existential “there” |
| FO -> FO | formula |
| FU -> FU | unclassified word |
| FW -> FW | foreign word |
| GE -> GE | germanic genitive marker – (“‘” or “‘s”) |
| IF -> IF | “for” (as preposition) |
| II -> II | general preposition |
| IO -> IO | “of” (as preposition) |
| IW -> IW | “with”, “without” (as prepositions) |
| JJ -> JJ | general adjective |
| JJR -> JJR | general comparative adjective (e.g. “older”, “better”, “stronger”) |
| JJT -> JJT | general superlative adjective (e.g. “oldest”, “best”, “strongest”) |
| JK -> JK | catenative adjective (“able” in “be able to”, “willing” in “be willing to”) |
| MC -> MC | cardinal number, neutral for number (“two”, “three”..) |
| MC1 -> MC1 | singular cardinal number (“one”) |
| MC2 -> MC2 | plural cardinal number (e.g. “sixes”, “sevens”) |
| MCGE -> MCGE | genitive cardinal number, neutral for number (“two’s”, “100’s”) |
| MCMC -> MCMC | hyphenated number (“40-50”, “1770-1827”) |
| MD -> MD | ordinal number (e.g. “first”, “second”, “next”, “last”) |
| MF -> MF | fraction, neutral for number (e.g. “quarters”, “two-thirds”) |
| ND1 -> ND1 | singular noun of direction (e.g. “north”, “southeast”) |
| NN -> NN | common noun, neutral for number (e.g. “sheep”, “cod”, “headquarters”) |
| NN1 -> NN1 | singular common noun (e.g. “book”, “girl”) |
| NN2 -> NN2 | plural common noun (e.g. “books”, “girls”) |
| NNA -> NNA | following noun of title (e.g. “M.A.”) |
| NNB -> NNB | preceding noun of title (e.g. “Mr.”, “Prof.”) |
| NNL1 -> NNL1 | singular locative noun, in naming expression (e.g. “Island”, “Street”) |
| NNL2 -> NNL2 | plural locative noun (e.g.”Islands”, as in “Virgin Islands”) |
| NNO -> NNO | numeral noun, neutral for number (e.g. “dozen”, “hundred”) |
| NNO2 -> NNO2 | numeral noun, plural (e.g. “hundreds”, “thousands”) |
| NNT1 -> NNT1 | temporal noun, singular (e.g. “day”, “week”, “year”) |
| NNT2 -> NNT2 | temporal noun, plural (e.g. “days”, “weeks”, “years”) |
| NNU -> NNU | unit of measurement, neutral for number (e.g. “in”, “cc”) |
| NNU1 -> NNU1 | singular unit of measurement (e.g. “inch”, “centimetre”) |
| NNU2 -> NNU2 | plural unit of measurement (e.g. “ins.”, “feet”) |
| NP -> NP | proper noun, neutral for number (e.g. “IBM”, “Andes”) |
| NP1 -> NP1 | singular proper noun (e.g. “London”, “Jane”, “Frederick”) |
| NP2 -> NP2 | plural proper noun (e.g. “Browns”, “Reagans”, “Koreas”) |
| NPD1 -> NPD1 | singular weekday noun (e.g. “Sunday”) |
| NPD2 -> NPD2 | plural weekday noun (e.g. “Sundays”) |
| NPM1 -> NPM1 | singular month noun (e.g. “October”) |
| NPM2 -> NPM2 | plural month noun (e.g. “Octobers”) |
| PN -> PN | indefinite pronoun, neutral for number (“none“) |
| PN1 -> PN1 | indefinite pronoun, singular (e.g. “anyone”, “everything”, “nobody”, “one”) |
| PNLO -> PNQO | c8_only: objective wh-pronoun, relative (“whom”) |
| PNLS -> PNQS | c8_only: subjective wh-pronoun, relative (“whom”) |
| PNQO -> PNQO | objective wh-pronoun, interrogative (“whom”) |
| PNQS -> PNQS | subjective wh-pronoun, interrogative (“who”) |
| PNQV -> PNQV | wh-ever pronoun (“whoever”) |
| PNX1 -> PNX1 | reflexive indefinite pronoun (“oneself”) |
| PPGE -> PPGE | nominal possessive personal pronoun (e.g. “mine”, “yours”) |
| PPH1 -> PPH1 | 3rd person sing. neuter personal pronoun (“it”) |
| PPHO1 -> PPHO1 | 3rd person sing. objective personal pronoun (“him”, “her”) |
| PPHO2 -> PPHO2 | 3rd person plural objective personal pronoun (“them”) |
| PPHS1 -> PPHS1 | 3rd person sing. subjective personal pronoun (“he”, “she”) |
| PPHS2 -> PPHS2 | 3rd person plural subjective personal pronoun (“they”) |
| PPIO1 -> PPIO1 | 1st person sing. objective personal pronoun (“me”) |
| PPIO2 -> PPIO2 | 1st person plural objective personal pronoun (“us”) |
| PPIS1 -> PPIS1 | 1st person sing. subjective personal pronoun (“I”) |
| PPIS2 -> PPIS2 | 1st person plural subjective personal pronoun (“we”) |
| PPX1 -> PPX1 | singular reflexive personal pronoun (e.g. “yourself”, “itself”) |
| PPX2 -> PPX2 | plural reflexive personal pronoun (e.g. “yourselves”, “themselves”) |
| PPY -> PPY | 2nd person personal pronoun (“you”) |
| RA -> RA | adverb, after nominal head (e.g. “else”, “galore”) |
| REX -> REX | adverb introducing appositional constructions (“namely”, “e.g.”) |
| RG -> RG | degree adverb (“very”, “so”, “too”) |
| RGQ -> RGQ | wh- degree adverb (“how”) |
| RGQV -> RGQV | wh-ever degree adverb (“however”) |
| RGR -> RGR | comparative degree adverb (“more”, “less”) |
| RGT -> RGT | superlative degree adverb (“most”, “least”) |
| RL -> RL | locative adverb (e.g. “alongside”, “forward”) |
| RP -> RP | prep. adverb, particle (e.g “about”, “in”) |
| RPK -> RPK | prep. adv., catenative (“about” in “be about to”) |
| RR -> RR | general adverb |
| RRQ -> RRQ | wh- general adverb (“where”, “when”, “why”, “how”) |
| RRQV -> RRQV | wh-ever general adverb (“wherever”, “whenever”) |
| RRR -> RRR | comparative general adverb (e.g. “better”, “longer”) |
| RRT -> RRT | superlative general adverb (e.g. “best”, “longest”) |
| RT -> RT | quasi-nominal adverb of time (e.g. “now”, “tomorrow”) |
| TO -> TO | infinitive marker (“to”) |
| UH -> UH | interjection (e.g. “oh”, “yes”, “um”) |
| VAB0 -> VB0 | c8_only: base form of verb “BE” (auxiliary), imperative or subjunctive |
| VABDR -> VBDR | c8_only: “were” (auxiliary) |
| VABDZ -> VBDZ | c8_only: “was” (auxiliary) |
| VABG -> VBG | c8_only: “being” (auxiliary) |
| VABI -> VBI | c8_only: “be” infinitive (auxiliary) |
| VABM -> VBM | c8_only: “am” (auxiliary) |
| VABN -> VBN | c8_only: “been” (auxiliary) |
| VABR -> VBR | c8_only: “are” (auxiliary) |
| VABZ -> VBZ | c8_only: “is” (auxiliary) |
| VAD0 -> VD0 | c8_only: base form of verb “DO” (auxiliary), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
| VADD -> VDD | c8_only: “did” (auxiliary) |
| VADZ -> VDZ | c8_only: “does” (auxiliary) |
| VAH0 -> VH0 | c8_only: base form of “HAVE” (auxiliary), indicative, imperative or subjunctive |
| VAHD -> VHD | c8_only: “had” (past tense) |
| VAHG -> VHG | c8_only: “having” |
| VAHI -> VHI | c8_only: “have” infinitive |
| VAHZ -> VHZ | c8_only: “has” |
| VM -> VM | modal auxiliary (“can”, “will”, “would”, etc.) |
| VMK -> VMK | modal catenative (“ought”, “used”) |
| VV0 -> VV0 | base form of lexical verb (e.g. “give”, “work”) |
| VVB0 -> VB0 | c8_only: base form of “BE” (lexical vb), imperative or subjunctive |
| VVBDR -> VBDR | c8_only: “were” (lexical vb) |
| VVBDZ -> VBDZ | c8_only: “was” (lexical vb) |
| VVBG -> VBG | c8_only: “being” (lexical vb) |
| VVBI -> VBI | c8_only: “be” infinitive (lexical vb) |
| VVBM -> VBM | c8_only: “am” (lexical vb) |
| VVBN -> VBN | c8_only: “been” (lexical vb) |
| VVBR -> VBR | c8_only: “are” (lexical vb) |
| VVBZ -> VBZ | c8_only: “is” (lexical vb) |
| VVD -> VVD | past tense of lexical verb (e.g. “gave”, “worked”) |
| VVD0 -> VD0 | c8_only: base form of verb “do” (finite) |
| VVDD -> VDD | c8_only: “did” |
| VVDG -> VDG | c8_only: “doing” |
| VVDI -> VDI | c8_only: “do” infinitive (“I may do…” “To do…”) |
| VVDN -> VDN | c8_only: “done” |
| VVDZ -> VDZ | c8_only: “does” |
| VVG -> VVG | -ing participle of lexical verb (e.g. “giving”, “working”) |
| VVGK -> VVGK | #NÁZEV? |
| VVH0 -> VH0 | c8_only: base form of verb “HAVE” (finite) |
| VVHD -> VHD | c8_only: “had” (past tense) |
| VVHG -> VHG | c8_only: “having” |
| VVHI -> VHI | c8_only: “have” infinitive |
| VVHN -> VHN | c8_only: “had” (past participle) |
| VVHZ -> VHZ | c8_only: “has” |
| VVI -> VVI | infinitive (e.g. “to give…” “It will work…”) |
| VVN -> VVN | past participle of lexical verb (e.g. “given”, “worked”) |
| VVNK -> VVNK | past participle catenative (e.g. “bound” in “be bound to”) |
| VVZ -> VVZ | -s form of lexical verb (e.g. “gives”, “works”) |
| WPR -> CST | c8_only: relative pronoun, “that” |
| XX -> XX | “not”, “n’t” |
| YBL -> YBL | punctuation tag – left bracket |
| YBR -> YBR | punctuation tag – right bracket |
| YCOL -> YCOL | punctuation tag – colon |
| YCOM -> YCOM | punctuation tag – comma |
| YDSH -> YDSH | punctuation tag – dash |
| YEX -> YEX | punctuation tag – exclamation mark |
| YLIP -> YLIP | punctuation tag – ellipsis |
| YQUE -> YQUE | punctuation tag – question mark |
| YQUO -> YQUO | punctuation tag – quotes |
| YSCOL -> YSCOL | punctuation tag – semicolon |
| YSTP -> YSTP | punctuation tag – full-stop |
| ZZ1 -> ZZ1 | singular letter of the alphabet (e.g. “A”, “b”) |
| ZZ2 -> ZZ2 | plural letter of the alphabet (e.g. “A’s”, “b’s”) |
