code: FPP1S
mfte_code: PP1S
name: First person singular pronouns
definition: I, me, my, myself, mine.
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: FPP
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- I
- me
- my
- myself
- mine
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\\$"]'
words:
- I
- me
- my
- myself
examples:
- text: _I_ found _myself_ thinking about the old days.
- text: Give _me_ the map and let _me_ look at it.
- text: _I_ don't know.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: It isn't _my_ problem.
source: le_foll_2024
non_examples:
- text: We must leave at once.
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
notes: >-
Biber counted 1st person as a single category; MFTE splits singular/plural.