TIME YAML source
code: TIME
biber_number: B5
xiao_number: E71
mfte_code: TIME
bohmann_number: 132
name: Time adverbials
definition: >-
Adverbs and adverbial expressions of time: now, soon, recently, then, today, yesterday,
etc.
normalization: finite_verbs
detection:
- requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="RB"]'
words:
- after
- afterwards
- again
- ago
- already
- anymore
- anytime
- before
- beforehand
- briefly
- currently
- earlier
- early
- eventually
- formerly
- immediately
- initially
- instantly
- late
- lately
- later
- momentarily
- now
- nowadays
- originally
- overnight
- presently
- previously
- recently
- shortly
- simultaneously
- someday
- soon
- sooner
- subsequently
- suddenly
- today
- tomorrow
- tonight
- yesterday
- yet
refines: RB|NN
description: Default time adverbs rule. Refines RB and NN.
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
parts:
p1:
cql: '[word={words_rb} & pos="RB"]'
p2:
cql: '[word={words_any}]'
combine: "p1 | p2"
words:
rb:
- after
- before
- earlier
- early
- late
- later
any:
- afterwards
- ago
- already
- anymore
- anytime
- beforehand
- briefly
- currently
- eventually
- formerly
- immediately
- initially
- instantly
- lately
- momentarily
- now
- nowadays
- originally
- overnight
- presently
- previously
- recently
- shortly
- simultaneously
- someday
- soon
- sooner
- subsequently
- suddenly
- to-day
- to-morrow
- to-night
- today
- tomorrow
- tonight
- yesterday
- yet
refines: RB|NN
description: >-
MFTE time adverbs in two groups: words like "after" and "before" are
restricted to RB POS tag (they can also be prepositions or conjunctions),
while unambiguous time adverbs match any POS. Some multi-word conditions
not captured: "soon" excludes "as soon as", "prior" requires following
"to", "so/thus far" is a separate two-word pattern.
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="R.*"]'
words:
- again
- earlier
- early
- eventually
- formerly
- immediately
- initially
- instantly
- late
- lately
- later
- momentarily
- now
- nowadays
- once
- originally
- presently
- previously
- recently
- shortly
- simultaneously
- subsequently
- to-day
- to-morrow
- to-night
- today
- tomorrow
- tonight
- yesterday
description: >-
pybiber blob regex `_r\S*` matches any R-family tag (RB, RBR, RBS, RP).
E.g., "later" as RBR (comparative) would be missed by pos="RB" alone.
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
- pybiber
- xiao_2009
- grieve_2023
- bohmann_2019
examples:
- text: It will _soon_ be possible.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: _Now_ is the time.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: I haven't come across any issues _yet_.
source: le_foll_2024