The data are in the form of a CSV file, elp-pronounced-sampa.txt. The
file is in standard ASCII.

Each record (tuple) is delimited by carriage-return line-feed
  (Microsoft style).
Each field is separated from its neighbour by a comma. Comma is never
  used within field content.
Some fields contain " as an ordinary character (non-quoting).
Any field may consist of the single character ? meaning "unknown".
There are 79,673 lines, which is too long for Excel.
First line gives field names.

Its fields are:
  Spell   - spelling, mixed case (key)
  Ref - Tells which authority was used for the word
      Uni = Unisyn
      CMU = Carnegie-Mellon
      Moby 
      *     Derived by computer and not checked
      ?     No authority
  POS - Part of Speech
  Infl - Inflectional Category
  Pron - Pronunciation
  NSyll - Number of Syllables
  NPhon - Number of Phonemes
  NMorph - Number of Morphemes
  MorphSp - Morpheme Parse (letters)
  MorphPr - Morpheme parse (phonemes)


Suggested names and help files to use in db interface:

+ Phonological Characteristics

  * Pronunciation
    
    HELP: A single representative pronunciation of the word.
    Dots mark possible syllable boundaries.
    Primary stress is marked by " before the stressed vowel, 
      secondary stress by %
    E.g.: d%i.k"Or.4@.k%e4.@d  for "decorticated".
    Pronunciation is based on General American standard, and uses the
        following codes based on SAMPA (http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa):
      a At;  A cAr, spA;  aI Ice;  aU OUt;  @ Above;  @` buttER;  b  Boy;  
      d Dog;  dZ baDGe;  D THis;  e Ape;  E Ebb;  f Fig;  g Go;  h  Hip;
      i EAt;  I If;  j Yes;  k Kite;  l Lip;  
      l= bottLe;  m= deisM; n= buttoN
      N siNG;  o OAt;  O AUto;  OI OYster;  p Pig;  r Read;
      s Sew;  S SHow;  t Toy;  tS caTCH;  T THin;  u rUde;  U pUt;  
      v Van;  V Up;  w Wind;  z Zoo;  Z viSion;  3` bIRd;  4 beTTer 


  * Number of Phonemes
    
    HELP: Number of phonemes in the main pronunciation. The
    diphthongs /aI/, /aU/, /OI/, and the affricates /tS/ and /dZ/,
    each count as single phonemes.

  * Number of Syllables
    
    HELP: Number of syllables in the main pronunciation.


+ Morphological Characteristics

  * Morpheme Parse (letters)
    
    HELP: The word respelled with morpheme markers indicating the 
    composition of the word. Markers include:
       {free bases}
       <prefixes<  
       >suffixes>
       --  separates other bound morphemes
    Free bases are spelled as they are in the independent word, e.g.:
      {abhor}>ent>   for  abhorrent

  * Morpheme Parse (phonemes)
    
    HELP: A single representative pronunciation of the word. Morpheme
    markers enclose:
       {free bases}
       {free bases with different pronunciation $}
       <prefixes<  
       >suffixes>
       --  separates other bound morphemes
    Dots mark possible syllable boundaries.
    Primary stress is marked by " before the stressed vowel, 
      secondary stress by %
    E.g.: <d%i<.{k"Or.4@.k%e4}.>@d>  for "decorticated".
    Pronunciation is based on General American standard, and uses the
        following codes based on SAMPA (http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa):
      a At;  A cAr, spA;  aI Ice;  aU OUt;  @ Above;  @` buttER;  b Boy;  
      d Dog;  dZ baDGe;  D THis;  e Ape;  E Ebb;  f Fig;  g Go;  h  Hip;
      i EAt;  I If;  j Yes;  k Kite;  l Lip;  l= bottLe;  m= deisM;  n=buttoN
      N siNG;  o OAt;  O AUto;  OI OYster;  p Pig;  r Read;
      s Sew;  S SHow;  t Toy;  tS caTCH;  T THin;  u rUde;  U pUt;  
      v Van;  V Up;  w Wind;  z Zoo;  Z viSion;  3` bIRd;  4 beTTer 

  * Number of morphemes

    SEARCHABLE: numeric, upper and lower bounds


+ Part of speech
    
    HELP: The part of speech of the word.
      JJ adjective ("beautiful")
      NN noun ("beauty")
      RB adverb ("beautifully")
      VB verb ("beautify")
      encl  enclitic group ("beauty's")
      minor  all other ("the", "in", "what", "uh")
      ?     unknown
    | separates alternatives: "can" VB|NN

+ Inflectional category
    
    HELP: Inflected form of the entry.
      plur  plural of noun ("beauties")
      comp  comparative ("better")
      super superlative ("best")
      3sg   third person singular present ("beautifies")
      past  preterite or past participle ("beautified")
      ger   gerund ("beautifying")
      -     base form, or word does not inflect ("beauty", "the")
      ?     unknown