## The Parsed Corpus of Early English Correspondence

### File format

The PCEEC includes the same file formats as the PPCME2 and PPCEME. The parsed files of the PCEEC, however, also include information about the letters (date, etc.) and correspondents (name, date of birth, etc.) of a type not included in the other corpora.

This information comes in two forms.

- Parameter coding
    a set of parameters included at the head of each letter (as in the Helsinki Corpus)
- METADATA
    a special node included in each token, searchable by CorpusSearch

### Parameter coding

The parameter coding in the PCEEC is a modified version of the Helsinki Corpus parameters. They appear as follows in the parsed files:

    ( (CODE <B_BACON>))
    ( (CODE <Q_BAC_A_1569_FN_N2BACON>))
    ( (CODE <L_BACON_001>))
    ( (CODE <A_NICHOLAS_BACON_II>))
    ( (CODE <A-GENDER_MALE>))
    ( (CODE <A-REL_BROTHER>))
    ( (CODE <A-DOB_1543>))
    ( (CODE <R_NATHANIEL_BACON_I>))
    ( (CODE <R-GENDER_MALE>))
    ( (CODE <R-REL_BROTHER>))
    ( (CODE <R-DOB_1546?>))

Each collection is headed with the 'collection name' labelled B. This is also the file name.

         <B_BACON>

### The text identifier

Each letter is preceded by the 'text identifier', labelled Q

         <Q_BAC_A_1569_FN_N2BACON>

The text identifier contains five codes separated by underscores:

- collection code
- authenticity code
- date of letter
- recipient-type code
- writer code

#### Collection code

ALL | Allen | ARU | Arundel | BAC | Bacon | BAR | Barrington | BAS | Basire
BEN | Bentham | BRE | Brereton | BRO | Browne | BRY | Bryskett | CEC | Cecil
CEL | Cely | CHA | Charles | CHM | Chamberlain | CLE | Clerk | CLI | Clifford
COI | Corie | CON | Conway | COR | Cornwallis | COS | Cosin | CRO | Cromwell
DER | Derby | DUP | Duppa | EDM | Edmondes | ELY | Elyot | ESS | Essex
FER | Ferrar | FFA | Ffarington | FIT | Fitzherbert | FLE | Fleming | FOX | Fox
GAR | Gardiner | HAD | Haddock | HAM | Hamilton | HAR | Harley | HAS | Hastings
HAT | Hatton | HAV | Harvey | HE8 | Henry 8 | HEN | Henslowe | HOL | Holles
HOS | Hoskyns | HRT | Hart | HUT | Hutton | JON | Jones | JOS | Jonson
KNY | Knyvett | LEY | Leycester | LIS | Lisle | MAR | Marvell | MAV | Marchall
MIN | Minette | MOR | More | OR1 | Original 1 | OR2 | Original 2 | OR3 | Original 3
OSB | Osborne | OXI | Oxinden | PAG | Paget | PAK | Paston K | PAR | Parkhurst
PAS | Paston | PEP | Pepys | PET | Petty | PLU | Plumpton | POR | Pory
PRI | Prideaux | RER | Rerum | RO1 | Royal 1 | RO2 | Royal 2 | RUT | Rutland
SHI | Shillingford | SIG | Signet | SMY | Smyth | STC | Stockwell | STI | Stiffkey
STO | Stonor | STU | Stuart | TIX | Tixall | VER | Verstegan | WEN | Wentworth
WES | WeSa | WHA | Wharton | WIL | Willoughby | WYA | Wyatt

#### Authenticity code

Authenticity codes have the following values:

> A | autograph letter
> B | autograph letter by a person of whom little is known
> C | copy or secretarial letter
> D | autograph status unknown

The authenticity codes are provided by Helsinki, and are mostly based on information in the edited volumes, but also in some cases on study of the manuscripts.

#### Date of letter

#### Recipient type code

Recipient type codes have the following values:

> FN | Family Nuclear (parents, children, siblings, spouses)
> FO | Family Other (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, in-laws etc)
> FS | Family Servant
> TC | Other Close (used for close friends)
> T | Other (all other recipients)

#### Writer code

No list of writer codes is currently available. However, this information is duplicated by the author/recipient name, since each correspondent in the corpus is uniquely identified by name. See METADATA: Names.

### Letter collection and number

The L code uniquely identifies each letter by collection and number.

         <L_ARUNDEL_001>

### Author/recipient information

The remaining codes give information about the author and recipient. The contents of these codes are discussed in detail under METADATA: Author and recipient information.

> A | Author name | e.g. <A_THOMAS_MORE>
> A-GENDER | Author gender | e.g. <A-GENDER_MALE>
> A-REL | Author relationship | e.g. <A-REL_FATHER>
> A-DOB | Author date of birth | e.g. <A-DOB_1539>
> R | Recipient name | e.g. <R_WILLIAM_CECIL>
> R-GENDER | Recipient gender | e.g. <R-GENDER_MALE>
> R-REL | Recipient relationship | e.g. <R-REL_--->
> R-DOB | Recipient date of birth | e.g. <R-DOB_1520>

The REL (A-REL, R-REL) category is a partial reduplication of the Recipient type code. It includes only family relationships (nuclear or otherwise), family servants, and friends. For others , this code is empty (<A-REL_--->). See METADATA: Relationship for more detail.