QUPR YAML source
code: QUPR
biber_number: C11
xiao_number: C56
mfte_code: QUPR
bohmann_number: 6
name: Quantifying pronouns
definition: >-
Indefinite/quantifying pronouns: anybody, everyone, nothing, something, somebody,
etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- anybody
- anyone
- anything
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- nobody
- none
- noone
- no-one
- nothing
- others
- somebody
- someone
- something
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
cql: '[word={words}]'
words:
- anybody
- anyone
- anything
- everybody
- everyone
- everything
- nobody
- none
- nothing
- nowhere
- somebody
- someone
- something
description: >-
pybiber blob patterns use `_\S*` (any POS tag) for indefinite pronouns.
No POS constraint — catches all tagged variants.
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019
examples:
- text: said Alice aloud, addressing _nobody_ in particular.
source: le_foll_2024