Affect and Metaphor Sensing in Virtual Drama

Table 1

Size adjectives and degree adverbs and their corresponding semantic tags.

Size adjectives and degree adverbs	Semantic tag
Maximizer adjectives (e.g., huge)	n3.2++
Booster adjectives (e.g., “big”, “massive”, and “fat”)	n3.2+
Diminisher adjectives (e.g., “little”, “small”, and “tiny”)	n3.2−
Maximizer adverbs (e.g., “completely”)	a13.2
Booster adverbs (e.g., “greatly”)	a13.3
Approximator adverbs (e.g., “almost”)	a13.4
Compromiser adverbs (e.g., “pretty”)	a13.5
Diminisher adverbs (e.g., “slightly”)	a13.6
Minimizer adverbs (e.g., “hardly”)	a13.7
Frequency minimizer adverbs (e.g., “rarely”).	n6−