Adjectives and adverbs

List of tags

ADJ adjective
ADJR adjective, comparative
ADJS adjective, superlative
ADV adverb
ADVR adverb, comparative
ADVS adverb, superlative

The following items are not treated as adjectives:

The following items are treated as compound adjectives:

We distinguish positive, comparative, and superlative adjectives and adverbs.

The complements of copular verbs are tagged as ADJ, not ADV.

Colors

The basic tag for color terms is ADJ. There are some exceptions, such the white of an egg, where the color term is tagged N.

Comparative adjectives and adverbs

Thenne_ADV quene_NPR Igrayne_NPR waxid_VBD dayly_ADV 
gretter_ADJR and_CONJ gretter_ADJR ._.

he_PRO lovithe_VBP Arthure_NPR bettir_ADVR than_P us_PRO ;_.

Degree words are treated as comparatives. See AS, SO (degree), ENOUGH, OVER, and TOO for detailed discussion.

Positive vs. comparative

Apparently comparative forms that lack an adjectival base are tagged as ADJ rather than ADJR (unless construed with a THAN phrase or clause).

FORMER, INNER, NETHER, OUTER, UPPER

LATER is tagged ADJ when not clearly comparative. For unclear cases, the default is ADJR.

LATTER is ordinarily tagged ADJ, but in early texts it functions as the ordinary comparative of LATE (later replaced by the innovative LATER) and is then tagged ADJR.

LOWER is tagged as ADJ when the counterpart of UPPER, and as ADJR when the counterpart of HIGHER. For unclear cases, the default is ADJR.

Superlative adjectives and adverbs

in_P the_D grettest_ADJS chirch_N of_P London_NPR

and_CONJ than_ADV every_Q knyght_N toke_VBD the_D way_N 
that_C hym_PRO lyked_VBD beste_ADVS ._.

Ordinal numbers

Ordinal numbers are tagged ADJ.
FIRST also has an adverbial use.
+te_D thrid_ADJ day_N of_P +tat_D solempnyte_N

&_CONJ +t=e=_D elleueneth_ADJ assembled_VBD a_D gret_ADJ power_N

Cases where an ordinal might be expected but without overt ordinal marking are treated as cardinal numbers (NUM).