TPP3P YAML source
code: TPP3P
mfte_code: PP3t
name: Third person plural pronouns
definition: They, them, their, themselves.
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: TPP
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- they
- them
- their
- themselves
- theirs
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- they
- them
- their
- themselves
- theirs
examples:
- text: The text allows readers to grapple with _their_ own conclusions.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: I wouldn't trust _them_.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
notes: Part of Biber's combined 3rd person category.