edu.northwestern.at.morphadorner.corpuslinguistics.partsofspeech

Interface PartOfSpeechTags

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractPartOfSpeechTags, BasePartOfSpeechTags, DefaultPartOfSpeechTags, NUPOSPartOfSpeechTags, PennTreebankPartOfSpeechTags

public interface PartOfSpeechTags

PartOfSpeechTags: stores information about a set of part of speech tags.

Each entry in the part of speech properties file takes the following form:

tagn.name=postag tagn.generalwordclass=general word class tagn.lemmawordclass=lemma word class tagn.majorwordclass=major word class tagn.wordclass=word class tagn.description=extended description

where name is the part of speech tag, wordclass is the word class for the part of speech, majorwordclass is the major word class for the part of speech, lemmawordclass is the word class for lemmatization purposes, and generalwordclass is the associated general word class, if any (see below). The postag, wordclass, majorWordclass, and lemmawordclass fields must be provided. The generalwordclass and description are optional.

The tag properties file must be encoded using the utf-8 character set.

Example: the singular proper noun definition for the NUPOS tag set.

tag104.name=np1
tag104.generalwordclass=noun-proper-singular
tag104.lemmawordclass=none
tag104.majorwordclass=noun
tag104.wordclass=proper noun


The following general word class names allow references to commonly used tags in a tag set independent fashion. A tag set need not define all of these, but it should define as many as possible.

General tag name	Meaning
adjective	Tag for an adjective
adverb	Tag for an adverb
foreign-word	Tag for a foreign word.
foreign-french	Tag for a French word.
foreign-german	Tag for a German word.
foreign-greek	Tag for a Greek word.
foreign-hebrew	Tag for a Hebrew word.
foreign-italian	Tag for an Italian word.
foreign-spanish	Tag for a Spanish word.
foreign-english	Tag for an English word.
foreign-latin	Tag for a Latin word.
interjection	Tag for an interjection.
noun-singular	Tag for a singular noun.
noun-singular-possessive	Tag for a singular possessive noun.
noun-plural	Tag for a plural noun.
noun-plural-possessive	Tag for a plural possessive noun.
noun-proper-singular	Tag for a singular proper noun.
noun-proper-singular-possessive	Tag for a singular proper possessive noun.
noun-proper-plural	Tag for a plural proper noun.
noun-proper-plural-possessive	Tag for a plural proper possessive noun.
numeral-cardinal	Tag for a cardinal number.
numeral-ordinal	Tag for an ordinal number.
symbol	Tag for a symbol.
undetermined	Tag for an undetermined part of speech.
verb	Tag for a verb.
verb-past	Tag for a past verb.
verb-past-participle	Tag for a past participle verb.
verb-present-participle	Tag for a present participle verb.

Field Summary

Fields

Modifier and Type	Field and Description
static java.lang.String	ADJECTIVE
static java.lang.String	ADVERB
static java.lang.String	CARDINAL_NUMERAL
static int	DESCRIPTION_INDEX
static java.lang.String	ENGLISH_WORD
static java.lang.String	FOREIGN_WORD General tag names.
static java.lang.String	FRENCH_WORD
static int	GENERAL_TAG_NAME_INDEX
static java.lang.String	GERMAN_WORD
static java.lang.String	GREEK_WORD
static java.lang.String	HEBREW_WORD
static java.lang.String	INTERJECTION
static java.lang.String	ITALIAN_WORD
static java.lang.String	LATIN_WORD
static int	MAJOR_WORDCLASS_INDEX
static java.lang.String	NONE
static java.lang.String	ORDINAL_NUMERAL
static java.lang.String	PLURAL_NOUN
static java.lang.String	PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN
static java.lang.String	POSSESSIVE_NOUN
static java.lang.String	POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_NOUN
static java.lang.String	POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN
static java.lang.String	POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_NOUN
static java.lang.String	POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN
static java.lang.String	PROPER_NOUN
static java.lang.String	PUNCTUATION
static java.lang.String	SINGULAR_NOUN
static java.lang.String	SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN
static java.lang.String	SPANISH_WORD
static java.lang.String	SYMBOL
static int	TAG_INDEX Indices for part of speech data values.
static java.lang.String	UNDETERMINED
static java.lang.String	VERB
static java.lang.String	VERB_PAST
static java.lang.String	VERB_PAST_PARTICIPLE
static java.lang.String	VERB_PRESENT_PARTICIPLE
static int	WORDCLASS_INDEX

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	addPartOfSpeech(PartOfSpeech partOfSpeech) Add a part of speech.
void	addTag(java.lang.String tag, java.lang.String wordClass, java.lang.String majorWordClass, java.lang.String lemmaWordClass, java.lang.String generalTagName, java.lang.String description) Add a part of speech tag.
int	countTags(java.lang.String tag) Get number of tags comprising this tag.
java.lang.String	getAdjectiveTag() Get the part of speech tag for an adjective.
java.lang.String	getAdverbTag() Get the part of speech tag for an adverb.
java.lang.String	getCardinalNumberTag() Get the part of speech tag for a cardinal number.
java.lang.String	getCorrespondingCommonNounTag(java.lang.String tag) Convert proper noun tag to common noun tag.
java.lang.String	getDescription(java.lang.String tag) Get the description for the part of speech.
java.lang.String	getForeignWordTag(java.lang.String language) Get the part of speech tag for a specified foreign language
java.lang.String	getInterjectionTag() Get the part of speech tag for an interjection.
java.lang.String	getLemmaWordClass(java.lang.String tag) Get lemma class for a tag.
java.lang.String	getMajorWordClass(java.lang.String tag) Get major word class for a tag.
java.lang.String	getOrdinalNumberTag() Get the part of speech tag for an ordinal number.
java.lang.String	getPastParticipleTag() Get the part of speech tag for a verbal past participle
java.lang.String	getPluralNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a plural noun.
java.lang.String	getPluralProperNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a plural proper noun.
java.lang.String	getPossessivePluralNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a possessive plural noun.
java.lang.String	getPossessivePluralProperNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a possessive plural proper noun.
java.lang.String	getPossessiveSingularNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a possessive singular noun.
java.lang.String	getPossessiveSingularProperNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a possessive singular proper noun.
java.lang.String	getPresentParticipleTag() Get the part of speech tag for a verbal present participle
java.lang.String	getSingularNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a singular noun.
java.lang.String	getSingularProperNounTag() Get the part of speech tag for a singular proper noun.
java.lang.String	getSymbolTag() Get the part of speech tag for a symbol.
PartOfSpeech	getTag(java.lang.String tag) Get data for a tag.
java.util.List<PartOfSpeech>	getTags() Get list of tag entries in PartOfSpeech format.
java.lang.String	getTagSeparator() Get part of speech separator.
java.lang.String	getUndeterminedTag() Get undetermined part of speech tag.
java.lang.String	getVerbPastTag() Get the part of speech tag for a verb past tense.
java.lang.String	getVerbTag() Get the part of speech tag for a verb.
java.lang.String	getWordClass(java.lang.String tag) Get word class for a tag.
boolean	isCompoundTag(java.lang.String tag) Check if specified tag contains more than one part of speech.
boolean	isDeterminerTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a determiner.
boolean	isForeignWordTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a foreign word.
boolean	isInterjectionTag(java.lang.String tag) Check if specified tag is an interjection.
boolean	isNounTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a noun.
boolean	isNumberTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a number.
boolean	isPersonalPronounTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a personal pronoun.
boolean	isPronounTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a pronoun.
boolean	isProperAdjectiveTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a proper adjective.
boolean	isProperNounTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a proper noun.
boolean	isPunctuationTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for punctuation.
boolean	isSingularNounTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a singular noun.
boolean	isSymbolTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a symbol.
boolean	isTag(java.lang.String tag) Check if specified tag appears in the tag list.
boolean	isUndeterminedTag(java.lang.String tag) Is part of speech tag undetermined.
boolean	isVerbTag(java.lang.String tag) Is tag for a verb.
java.lang.String	joinTags(java.lang.String[] tags) Join separate tags into a compound tag.
java.lang.String	joinTags(java.lang.String[] tags, java.lang.String separator) Join separate tags into a compound tag.
java.lang.String[]	splitTag(java.lang.String tag) Split compound tag into separate tags.

Field Detail

FOREIGN_WORD

static final java.lang.String FOREIGN_WORD

General tag names.

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ENGLISH_WORD

static final java.lang.String ENGLISH_WORD

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FRENCH_WORD

static final java.lang.String FRENCH_WORD

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GERMAN_WORD

static final java.lang.String GERMAN_WORD

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GREEK_WORD

static final java.lang.String GREEK_WORD

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ITALIAN_WORD

static final java.lang.String ITALIAN_WORD

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HEBREW_WORD

static final java.lang.String HEBREW_WORD

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LATIN_WORD

static final java.lang.String LATIN_WORD

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SPANISH_WORD

static final java.lang.String SPANISH_WORD

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SINGULAR_NOUN

static final java.lang.String SINGULAR_NOUN

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PLURAL_NOUN

static final java.lang.String PLURAL_NOUN

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POSSESSIVE_NOUN

static final java.lang.String POSSESSIVE_NOUN

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POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_NOUN

static final java.lang.String POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_NOUN

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POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_NOUN

static final java.lang.String POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_NOUN

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SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN

static final java.lang.String SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN

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PROPER_NOUN

static final java.lang.String PROPER_NOUN

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PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN

static final java.lang.String PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN

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POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN

static final java.lang.String POSSESSIVE_SINGULAR_PROPER_NOUN

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POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN

static final java.lang.String POSSESSIVE_PLURAL_PROPER_NOUN

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CARDINAL_NUMERAL

static final java.lang.String CARDINAL_NUMERAL

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ORDINAL_NUMERAL

static final java.lang.String ORDINAL_NUMERAL

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ADVERB

static final java.lang.String ADVERB

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ADJECTIVE

static final java.lang.String ADJECTIVE

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INTERJECTION

static final java.lang.String INTERJECTION

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UNDETERMINED

static final java.lang.String UNDETERMINED

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VERB

static final java.lang.String VERB

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VERB_PAST

static final java.lang.String VERB_PAST

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VERB_PAST_PARTICIPLE

static final java.lang.String VERB_PAST_PARTICIPLE

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VERB_PRESENT_PARTICIPLE

static final java.lang.String VERB_PRESENT_PARTICIPLE

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SYMBOL

static final java.lang.String SYMBOL

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PUNCTUATION

static final java.lang.String PUNCTUATION

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NONE

static final java.lang.String NONE

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TAG_INDEX

static final int TAG_INDEX

Indices for part of speech data values.

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WORDCLASS_INDEX

static final int WORDCLASS_INDEX

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MAJOR_WORDCLASS_INDEX

static final int MAJOR_WORDCLASS_INDEX

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GENERAL_TAG_NAME_INDEX

static final int GENERAL_TAG_NAME_INDEX

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DESCRIPTION_INDEX

static final int DESCRIPTION_INDEX

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Method Detail

addTag

void addTag(java.lang.String tag,
          java.lang.String wordClass,
          java.lang.String majorWordClass,
          java.lang.String lemmaWordClass,
          java.lang.String generalTagName,
          java.lang.String description)

Add a part of speech tag.

Parameters:

tag - Tag name.

wordClass - The word class.

majorWordClass - The major word class.

lemmaWordClass - The lemma word class.

generalTagName - The general tag name.

description - The description.

addPartOfSpeech

void addPartOfSpeech(PartOfSpeech partOfSpeech)

Add a part of speech.

Parameters:

partOfSpeech - The part of speech to add.

getSingularNounTag

java.lang.String getSingularNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a singular noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a singular noun.

getPluralNounTag

java.lang.String getPluralNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a plural noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a plural noun.

getPossessiveSingularNounTag

java.lang.String getPossessiveSingularNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a possessive singular noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a possessive singular noun.

getPossessivePluralNounTag

java.lang.String getPossessivePluralNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a possessive plural noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a possessive plural noun.

getSingularProperNounTag

java.lang.String getSingularProperNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a singular proper noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a singular proper noun.

getPluralProperNounTag

java.lang.String getPluralProperNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a plural proper noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a plural proper noun.

getPossessiveSingularProperNounTag

java.lang.String getPossessiveSingularProperNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a possessive singular proper noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a possessive singular proper noun.

getPossessivePluralProperNounTag

java.lang.String getPossessivePluralProperNounTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a possessive plural proper noun.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a possessive plural proper noun.

getCardinalNumberTag

java.lang.String getCardinalNumberTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a cardinal number.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a cadinal number.

getOrdinalNumberTag

java.lang.String getOrdinalNumberTag()

Get the part of speech tag for an ordinal number.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for an ordinal number.

getAdverbTag

java.lang.String getAdverbTag()

Get the part of speech tag for an adverb.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for an adverb.

getAdjectiveTag

java.lang.String getAdjectiveTag()

Get the part of speech tag for an adjective.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for an adjective.

getInterjectionTag

java.lang.String getInterjectionTag()

Get the part of speech tag for an interjection.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for an interjection.

getVerbTag

java.lang.String getVerbTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a verb.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a verb.

getVerbPastTag

java.lang.String getVerbPastTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a verb past tense.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a verb past tense.

getPastParticipleTag

java.lang.String getPastParticipleTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a verbal past participle

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a verbal past participle.

getPresentParticipleTag

java.lang.String getPresentParticipleTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a verbal present participle

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a verbal present participle.

getSymbolTag

java.lang.String getSymbolTag()

Get the part of speech tag for a symbol.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for a symbol.

getUndeterminedTag

java.lang.String getUndeterminedTag()

Get undetermined part of speech tag.

Returns:

Undetermined part of speech tag.

getForeignWordTag

java.lang.String getForeignWordTag(java.lang.String language)

Get the part of speech tag for a specified foreign language

Parameters:

language - The foreign language.

Returns:

The part of speech tag for the specified foreign language.

getDescription

java.lang.String getDescription(java.lang.String tag)

Get the description for the part of speech.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

The description of the part of speech.

getWordClass

java.lang.String getWordClass(java.lang.String tag)

Get word class for a tag.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

The word class for a tag.

getMajorWordClass

java.lang.String getMajorWordClass(java.lang.String tag)

Get major word class for a tag.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

The major word class for a tag.

getLemmaWordClass

java.lang.String getLemmaWordClass(java.lang.String tag)

Get lemma class for a tag.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

The lemma class for a tag.

getCorrespondingCommonNounTag

java.lang.String getCorrespondingCommonNounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Convert proper noun tag to common noun tag.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

Input tag, or common noun tag if input is proper noun tag.

isDeterminerTag

boolean isDeterminerTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a determiner.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a determiner.

isNounTag

boolean isNounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a noun.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a noun form.

isSingularNounTag

boolean isSingularNounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a singular noun.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a singular noun form.

isProperNounTag

boolean isProperNounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a proper noun.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a proper noun.

isProperAdjectiveTag

boolean isProperAdjectiveTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a proper adjective.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a proper adjective.

isVerbTag

boolean isVerbTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a verb.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a verb form.

isPronounTag

boolean isPronounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a pronoun.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a pronoun.

isPersonalPronounTag

boolean isPersonalPronounTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a personal pronoun.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a personal pronoun.

isForeignWordTag

boolean isForeignWordTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a foreign word.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a foreign word.

isNumberTag

boolean isNumberTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a number.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a number.

isSymbolTag

boolean isSymbolTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for a symbol.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for a symbol.

isPunctuationTag

boolean isPunctuationTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is tag for punctuation.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if the tag is for punctuation.

isUndeterminedTag

boolean isUndeterminedTag(java.lang.String tag)

Is part of speech tag undetermined.

Parameters:

tag - Tag to check for being undetermined.

Returns:

True if given tag is undetermined part of speech tag.

isTag

boolean isTag(java.lang.String tag)

Check if specified tag appears in the tag list.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if specified tag in the tag list.

isCompoundTag

boolean isCompoundTag(java.lang.String tag)

Check if specified tag contains more than one part of speech.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

true if specified tag contains more than one part of speech tag.

isInterjectionTag

boolean isInterjectionTag(java.lang.String tag)

Check if specified tag is an interjection.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag

Returns:

true if the tag is for an interjection.

getTagSeparator

java.lang.String getTagSeparator()

Get part of speech separator.

Returns:

Part of speech separator string.

joinTags

java.lang.String joinTags(java.lang.String[] tags,
                        java.lang.String separator)

Join separate tags into a compound tag.

Parameters:

tags - String array of part of speech tags.

separator - String to separate tags.

Returns:

String containing joined tags. The tags are separated by the specified separator character.

joinTags

java.lang.String joinTags(java.lang.String[] tags)

Join separate tags into a compound tag.

Parameters:

tags - String array of part of speech tags.

Returns:

String containing joined tags. The tags are separated by the default separator character.

splitTag

java.lang.String[] splitTag(java.lang.String tag)

Split compound tag into separate tags.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

String array of tags. Only one entry if tag is not a compound tag.

countTags

int countTags(java.lang.String tag)

Get number of tags comprising this tag.

Parameters:

tag - The part of speech tag.

Returns:

Count of individual part of speech tags comprising this tag.

getTag

PartOfSpeech getTag(java.lang.String tag)

Get data for a tag.

Parameters:

tag - The tag name.

Returns:

Tag data.

getTags

java.util.List<PartOfSpeech> getTags()

Get list of tag entries in PartOfSpeech format.

Returns:

List of tag entries in PartOfSpeech format sorted by tag name.