^2.14. Complex proper nouns (NPR)

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Multi-word proper nouns are surrounded by an additional pair of parentheses tagged NPR and are treated as flat strings:

              
(NP (D o)
    (VB-AN dito)
    (NPR (NPR Joaquim) (NPR Manuel)))

(NP (NPR (NPR José) (NPR Joaquim) (P de) (NPR Barros)))

(NP (NPR (NPR José) (NPR Maria) (NPR Monteiro) (P de) (NPR Serpa)))

At POS level, nominal expressions that convey politeness, affection or respect towards the addressee or third persons are also tagged NPR. However, at the syntactic level, they are usually not grouped together with the proper name. Exceptions to this are the ecclesiastical titles São and Santo/a and the royal title Dom.

Ecclesiastical titles

(NP (NPR Padre)
    (NPR (NPR Manuel) (NPR Rodrigues)))

(NP (NPR Senhor)
    (NPR Cardeal)
    (NPR (NPR Manuel) (NPR Rodrigues)))

(NP (NPR (NPR São)                       ☜ São grouped together with the proper name
         (NPR Pedro)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Santa)                  ☜ Santa grouped together with the proper name
         (NPR Luzia)))

Military titles

(NP (D @o)
    (NPR Alferes)
    (NPR (NPR António)
      	 (NPR Martins)))
         
(NP (D o)
    (NPR Capitão)
    (NPR (NPR António)
         (P de)
         (NPR Paiva)
         (NPR Travassos)))

Academic titles

(NP (NPR Senhor)
    (NPR Doutor)
    (NPR (NPR José)
         (NPR Anastácio)
         (P de@)
         (D-F @a)
         (NPR Cunha)))

(NP (NPR Professor)
    (NPR (NPR Giusti)
         (P de)
         (NPR Munich)))

Royal and aristocratic titles

(NP (NPR Dona)
    (NPR Marquesa)
    (NPR (NPR Ermelinda)
	 (P de)
         (NPR Araújo)))

(NP (NPR Senhor)
    (NPR (NPR Dom)                           ☜ Dom grouped together with the proper name
         (NPR Miguel)
         (ADJ Primeiro)))

Professional titles

(NP (D o)
    (NPR Senhor)
    (NPR Inquisidor)
    (NPR (NPR Sebastião)
         (NPR Pita)))

(NP (D o)
    (PRO$ meu)
    (NPR Procurador)
    (NPR (NPR Gabriel)
         (NPR Franciso)
         (NPR Braga)))

Default titles

(NP (NPR Senhor)
    (NPR (NPR Joaquim)
         (P de)
         (NPR Mira)))

(NP (NPR Dona)
    (NPR (NPR Arcângela)
         (NPR Maurícia)))

Familiar titles

(NP (PRO$-F Minha)
    (NPR Tia)
    (NPR (NPR Maria)
         (NPR Pereira)))

(NP (PRO$ Meu)
    (NPR Compadre)
    (NPR (NPR Jerónimo)
	 (P de)
         (NPR Almeida)))

Terms of endearment

(NP (PRO$-F Minha)
    (NPR Amiga)
    (NPR (NPR Luísa)
         (NPR Maria)))

Toponyms are treated in the same way: multi-word place names are surrounded by a pair of parentheses tagged NPR and no internal structure is annotated.

(NP (D-F @a)
    (NPR (NPR Rua)
	 (P de@)
	 (D-P @os)
         (NPR Prazeres)))

(NP (D-F @a)
    (NPR (NPR Travessa)
	 (P de@)
	 (D-F @a)
         (NPR Palha)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Cais)
         (P de)
         (NPR Sodré)))

(NP (D @o)
    (NPR (NPR Bairro)
	 (P de)
	 (NPR São)
         (NPR José)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Alto)
         (P de@)
         (D-F @a)
         (NPR Bela)
         (NPR Vista)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Monte)
         (P de@)
         (D-F-P @as)
         (NPR Mascarenhas)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Quinta)
         (P de@)
         (D @o)
         (NPR Ferro)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Cabo)
         (P de@)
         (NPR Santa)
         (NPR Maria)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Torres)
         (NPR Vedras)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Paço)
         (P de@)
         (D-P @os)
         (NPR Giraldos)))

(NP (NPR (NPR Ilha)
         (P de@)
         (D-F @a)
         (NPR Madeira)))

Nouns like cidade, vila or aldeia are not considered proper nouns unless they are part of a contemporary toponym:

(NP (N cidade)
    (PP (P de)
        (NP (NPR Lisboa))))

(NP (NPR (NPR Cidade)
    	 (P de@)
         (D @o)
	 (NPR México)))

(NP (N vila)
    (PP (P de)
        (NP (NPR Guimarães))))

(NP (NPR (NPR Vila)
         (NPR Franca)
         (P de)
         (NPR Xira))

(NP (N aldeia)
    (PP (P de)
        (NP (NPR (NPR Santa)
		 (NPR Bárbara)))))

(NP (NPR (NPR Aldeia)
         (P de@)
	 (D-F @a)
         (NPR Serra))