Relative forms are adjective finite verb forms that can be used in an attributive or a nominal function. They pose a challenge when annotating them according to the Universal Dependencies approach, for they have morphological features of both verbs and adjectives, yet they can also be used syntactically as nouns. The aim of this paper is to discuss the morphosyntactic methodology applied to their annotation in the Egyptian-UJaen treebank.

This paper presents preliminary results of the development of the Egyptian-UJaen treebank, the first dependency treebank created for pre-Coptic Egyptian in Universal Dependencies. It describes the current state of the treebank, explains the approach adopted for the morphosyntactic annotation and discusses some issues concerning the adoption of the CoNLL-U format for the annotation of Egyptian texts. This treebank will surely become a useful linguistic tool for understanding the synchronic and dia- chronic use of pre-Coptic Egyptian.