The sempos attribute (semantic part of speech) contains the information regarding the membership of a complex node in a semantic part of speech.
The sempos attribute has 19 possible values (symbols assigned to individual values are ordered in such a way that the first one is the one referring to the given semantic part of speech, other symbols (referring to individual characteristics) follow, separated by a period. The characteristics are organized from the more general ones to the more specific ones). The possible values of the sempos attribute are to be found in Table 5.1, "Values of the sempos attribute".
Table 5.1. Values of the sempos attribute
n.denot |
denominating semantic noun |
n.denot.neg |
denominating semantic noun with which the negation is represented separately |
n.pron.def.demon |
definite pronominal semantic noun: demonstrative pronoun |
n.pron.def.pers |
definite pronominal semantic noun: personal pronoun |
n.pron.indef |
indefinite pronominal semantic noun |
n.quant.def |
definite quantificational semantic noun |
adj.denot |
denominating semantic adjective |
adj.pron.def.demon |
definite pronominal semantic adjective: demonstrative pronoun |
adj.pron.indef |
indefinite pronominal semantic adjective |
adj.quant.def |
definite quantificational semantic adjective |
adj.quant.indef |
indefinite quantificational semantic adjective |
adj.quant.grad |
gradable quantificational semantic adjective |
adv.denot.ngrad.nneg |
non-gradable denominating semantic adverb, impossible to negate |
adv.denot.ngrad.neg |
non-gradable denominating semantic adverb, possible to negate |
adv.denot.grad.nneg |
gradable denominating semantic adverb, impossible to negate |
adv.denot.grad.neg |
gradable denominating semantic adverb, possible to negate |
adv.pron.def |
definite pronominal semantic adverb |
adv.pron.indef |
indefinite pronominal semantic adverb |
v |
semantic verb |
The value of the sempos attribute defines the set of grammatemes that are relevant for a given node.
Individual subgroups of semantic parts of speech are discussed in detail in Section 6, "Individual subgroups of semantic parts of speech and their grammatemes".