Annotation guidelines (version 2.0)
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: mistake made by students, sorry :)
    • (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
    • un argomento trito e ritrito repeated over and over
      una fregatura bella e buona a real fraud
    • мртав пијанmrtav pijan dead drunk dead drunk
      нов новцијатnov novcijat new new brand new
      вредан поменаvredan pomena worthy of mention worth mentioning
  • 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
    • tutto sommatoeverything summed up all in all
    • ულუკმოდ დარჩენილიulukmod darčʻenili without a bite left left hungry; left starving
    • 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
    • зробити для галочкиzrobyty dlja haločky to do something just for show to do something perfunctorily
      збирати по крихтахzbyraty po kryxtax collecting crumbs assemble something in small, often insignificant parts
      останнім часомostannim časom recently it is a phrase that indicates a certain period of time that has recently ended
  • 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
        • донет законdonet zakon brought law passed law derives from the LVC.full донети закон doneti zkon to pass a law
      • 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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