Annotation guidelines (version 2.0; UNDER CONSTRUCTION)
Used by the PARSEME corpora annotated for multiword expressions

Categories of adjectival and adverbial MWEs

We distinguish three classes of adjectival and adverbial MWEs (AMWEs, previously also called modifier MWE or ModMWEs):

  • Adjectival idiom (AdjID) - a universal category, caracterized by lexical, morphological or syntactic irregularity:
    • (OEG) 𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹𓊹 𓋴𓆓𓄔𓏏𓅓 𓌃𓅱𓂧 𓇋𓍘𓅱 pśč̣.(w)t śč̣m.t mṭw ꞽtꞽ.w The Enneads (pśč̣.(w)t) which-hear (śč̣m.t) the word (mṭw) of the monarch (ꞽtꞽ.w). The Enneads which interrogate the monarch (PT 511c, W)
    • a well-worn coat
      to be up in arms to be very angry
      a bottom-up algorithm an algorithm starting from details and moving on to more general principles
    • мртав пијанmrtav pijan dead drunk dead drunk
      нов новцијатnov novcijat new new brand new
  • Adverbial idiom (AdvID) - a universal category, caracterized by lexical, morphological or syntactic irregularity:
    • (OEG) 𓆓𓏏𓇿 𓂋 𓈖𓅘𓎛𓎛 č̣.t r nḥḥ for the linear-eternity (č̣.t) to (r) the circular-eternity (nḥḥ). for ever and ever (PT 414c, W)
    • by and large generally speaking
    • par la force des choses by the strength of the things inévitably
    • aiz restēm behind bars in prison
      droši viensure only sure enough
    • zrobić coś raz dwa to do something one two to do something quickly
      pod kluczem under the key in prison
    • очас послаočas posla immediatly work in the blink of an eye
  • Deverbal adjectival/adverbial MWE (AV) - with subcategories corresponding to the categories of VMWEs from which the AMWE can be derived:
    • universal subcategories:
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an LVC.full (AV.LVC.full)
        • żołnierz wzięty do niewoli a soldier took into castody emprisoned soldier - wziąć do niewoli is an LVC.full
      • Deverbal modifier stemming from an LVC.cause (AV.LVC.cause)
      • Deverbal modifier stemming from a VID (AV.VID)
    • quasi-universal subcategories:
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an IRV (AV.IRV)
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an IVPC.full (AV.IVPC.full)
        • a run-down apartment - adjectival MWE deriving from the IVPC.full to run down
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an IVPC.semi (AV.IVPC.semi)
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an MVC (AV.MVC)
    • optional experimental subcategory:
      • Deverbal AMWE stemming from an IAV (AV.IAV)

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