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


Categories of functional MWEs

We distinguish four classes of functional MWEs (FuncMWEs), all of them universal:

  • Determiner idiom (DetID) :
    • I work from home roughly every other day
    • tas pats cilvēks that self personthe same person
      katru otro dienuevery second dayevery other day
    • zadałem sobie to samo pytanie I asked myslef this same question I asked myslef the same question
      przekaż mu te oto słowa transfer him these here words transfer him these words
  • Adposition idiom (AdpID):
    • (OEG) 𓅓 𓂝 𓋴𓏏𓈙 m-ꜥw Śtẖ in (m) the arm (ꜥw) of Seth Śtẖ from Seth (PT 65b, N)
    • in front of the station
    • līdz pat until evenup to; until
    • gwarancji nie ma nawet w przypadku arcymistrza there is no guarantee event in the case of a grandmaster
  • Conjunction idiom (ConjID):
    • (OEG) 𓈖 𓈖𓏏𓏏 n-n.tt “for (n) (the fact) that (n.tt) because (PT 716e, T)
    • she was fortunate in that she had friends to help her
    • la cérémonie sera projetée sur grand écran afin que tout le monde puisse suivre the ceremony will be projected on a big screen so that everyone can follow
    • vārdnīca, arī locījumu tabula a dictionary, as also an inflection table a dictionary as well as inflection table
    • zmęczony mimo źe dzień się dopiero zaczynał tired although that the day was only beginning tired although the day was only beginning
  • Interjection idiom (IntjID):
    • damn it!
    • bon sang! good blood! damn it!
    • pie velna! at the devil! Damn it!
    • do diabła! To the devil! Damn it!

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