code: TPP3S
mfte_code:
- PP3f
- PP3m
name: Third person singular pronouns
definition: He, she, him, her, his, himself, herself.
normalization: finite_verbs
parent: TPP
detection:
- source: mfte
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- he
- she
- him
- her
- his
- himself
- herself
- hers
- source: pybiber
requires:
- word
- pos
cql: '[word={words} & pos="PRP|PRP\$"]'
words:
- he
- she
- him
- her
- his
- himself
- herself
- hers
examples:
- text: _He_ is beginning to form _his_ own opinions.
source: le_foll_2024
- text: _She_ does tend to keep to _herself_.
source: le_foll_2024
sources:
- biber_1988
- mfte
notes: >-
Biber counted 3rd person as a single category; MFTE splits singular/plural.