| line | symbols | meaning | example | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L1 | x y | word boundary between x and y | Lat. | homines ce~ciderunt |
| gloss | x y | man:NOM.PL PRF~fall:3.PL | ||
| L1 | x_y | x and y are two orthographic words, but one lexical word | Span. | de_repente |
| gloss | z | suddenly | ||
| L1 | z | x and y jointly render z without morphological analysis | Lat. | cecidit |
| gloss | x_y | has_fallen | ||
| L1 | x=y | x and y are joined by clisis | Lat. | domum=que |
| gloss | x=y | house:ACC.SG=and | ||
| L1 | x-y | morpheme boundary between x and y | Germ. | Katze-n |
| gloss | x-y | cat-PL | ||
| L1 | x+y | x and y form a compound or a derivative stem | Germ. | Fahr+rad |
| gloss | x+y | ride+wheel | ||
| L1 | x~y | x is a reduplicative morph on y | Lat. | po~posc-it |
| gloss | x~y | PRF~demand-3.SG | ||
| L1 | xy | morphological boundary between x and y not shown in the L1 text |
Lat. | domūs |
| gloss | x:y | house:NOM.PL | ||
| L1 | Fr. | au | ||
| gloss | LOC:DEF.M.SG | |||
| L1 | z | x and y are alternative meanings of ambiguous z | Yuc. | k'iin |
| gloss | x/y | sun/day | ||
| L1 | x is the meaning of a zero allomorph in the L1 text | Lat. | argu-i | |
| gloss | (x) | argue(PRF)-1.SG | ||
| L1 | a<x>b | x is an infix in ab | Lat. | ru<m>p-it |
| gloss | ab<x> | break<IMPFV>-3.SG | ||
| L1 | x>a<y | xy is a circumfix around a | Germ. | ge>geb<en |
| gloss | <xy>a | give<PART.PERF> | ||
| L1 | z | y is a non-segmentable morphological process on lexeme x | Engl. | feet |
| gloss | x\y | foot\PL | ||
| L1 | z | x and y are semantic or grammatical features of z | Fr. | chant-ons |
| gloss | x.y | sing-1.PL | ||
| L1 | z | x and y are grammatical components of z cross-referencing two different dependents | May. | kan-bolk-bukka-n |
| gloss | x>y | SBJ.2>OBJ.1-country-show-NPST you show me the country | ||
| L1 | x | x is a syntactic constituent | Lat. | homines ce~ciderunt |
| gloss | [x] | [ man:NOM.PL PRF~fall:3.PL ] | ||
| L1 | x | x is a syntactic constituent of category Y | Lat. | homines ce~ciderunt |
| gloss | [x]Y | [ man:NOM.PL PRF~fall:3.PL ]S | ||