HGOT HAVE got

MFTE HGOT

Definition

“Have got” constructions (possessive or obligative), distinct from perfect aspect “have got + participle” (which is PEAS + PGET).

Detection Rules

cql[lemma="have"] [word="got"]

Requires: word, lemma, pos

mfte

MFTE HGOT (lines 806-813): “have got” tagged as HGOT, overriding PEAS/PASS. Multiple patterns for intervening adverbs, negation, and inversion. Separate from “have got + participle” which MFTE tags as PEAS + PGET.

p1 
cql[lemma="have"] [word="got" & pos="VBN"]
p2 
cql[lemma="have"] [pos="RB.*|UH"] [word="got" & pos="VBN"]
p3 
cql[lemma="have"] [pos="NN.*|PRP"] [word="got" & pos="VBN"]
p4 
cql[pos="NN.*|PRP"] [lemma="have"] [word="got" & pos="VBN"]
p5 
cql[pos="RB.*|UH"] [pos="NN.*|PRP"] [lemma="have"] [word="got" & pos="VBN"]
combine: p1 | p2 | p3 | p4 | p5

Requires: word, lemma, pos

Refines: VBN

Normalization

Per finite_verbs

Examples

I’ve got a ring

he’s got to go

Sources

  • mfte — Le Foll, Elen & Shakir, Muhammad (2023/2025) : Multi-Feature Tagger of English (MFTE) — Python version

Notes

Colloquial; relevant to speech registers.

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