diff --git a/src/GF/API.hs b/src/GF/API.hs
index f7bd5fc9c..762fa372f 100644
--- a/src/GF/API.hs
+++ b/src/GF/API.hs
@@ -241,11 +241,11 @@ optLinearizeTree opts0 gr t = case getOptVal opts transferFun of
   lin mk
     | oElem showRecord opts = liftM prt . linearizeNoMark g c
     | oElem tableLin opts   = liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable True) . 
-                                allLinTables g c
+                                allLinTables True g c
     | oElem showFields opts = liftM (unlines . map untok) .
                                 allLinBranchFields g c
     | oElem showAll opts    = liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable False) . 
-                                allLinTables g c
+                                allLinTables False g c
     | otherwise = return . unlines . map untok . optIntOrOne . linTree2strings mk g c
   g = grammar gr
   c = cncId gr
@@ -306,7 +306,8 @@ optParseArgErrMsg opts gr s = do
 
 -- | analyses word by word
 morphoAnalyse :: Options -> GFGrammar -> String -> String
-morphoAnalyse opts gr 
+morphoAnalyse opts gr
+  | oElem (iOpt "status") opts = morphoTextStatus mo 
   | oElem beShort opts = morphoTextShort mo 
   | otherwise = morphoText mo 
  where
diff --git a/src/GF/Shell/HelpFile.hs b/src/GF/Shell/HelpFile.hs
index eebaebd57..a54646710 100644
--- a/src/GF/Shell/HelpFile.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Shell/HelpFile.hs
@@ -375,6 +375,7 @@ txtHelpFile =
   "\n      the results line by line." ++
   "\n  options:" ++
   "\n      -short   show analyses in bracketed words, instead of separate lines" ++
+  "\n      -status  show just the work at success, prefixed with \"*\" at failure" ++
   "\n  flags:" ++
   "\n      -lang" ++
   "\n  examples:" ++
diff --git a/src/GF/Shell/ShellCommands.hs b/src/GF/Shell/ShellCommands.hs
index 1ed778188..fba8a80a7 100644
--- a/src/GF/Shell/ShellCommands.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Shell/ShellCommands.hs
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ optionsOfCommand co = case co of
   CLookupTreebank -> both "assocs raw strings trees" "treebank"
   CWrapTerm _ -> opts "c"
   CApplyTransfer _ -> flags "lang transfer"
-  CMorphoAnalyse -> both "short" "lang"
+  CMorphoAnalyse -> both "short status" "lang"
   CTestTokenizer -> flags "lexer"
   CComputeConcrete _ -> both "table" "res"
   CShowOpers _ -> flags "res"
diff --git a/src/GF/Shell/TeachYourself.hs b/src/GF/Shell/TeachYourself.hs
index 5c2170f55..7e5a8afe2 100644
--- a/src/GF/Shell/TeachYourself.hs
+++ b/src/GF/Shell/TeachYourself.hs
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ morphoTrainList opts ig number = do
   mkOnes gen ts
  where
    mkOnes gen (t:ts) = do
-     psss    <- ioeErr $ allLinTables gr cnc t
+     psss    <- ioeErr $ allLinTables True gr cnc t
      let pss = concat $ map snd $ concat psss
      let (i,gen') = randomR (0, length pss - 1) gen
      (ps,ss) <- ioeErr $ pss !? i
diff --git a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Linear.hs b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Linear.hs
index 85bae5b0d..ac6c3b703 100644
--- a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Linear.hs
+++ b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Linear.hs
@@ -213,14 +213,16 @@ allLinsAsRec gr c t = linearizeNoMark gr c t >>= expandLinTables gr >>= allLinVa
 
 -- | the value is a list of structures arranged as records of tables of strings
 -- only taking into account string fields
-allLinTables :: CanonGrammar ->Ident ->A.Tree ->Err [[(Label,[([Patt],[String])])]]
-allLinTables gr c t = do
+-- True: sep. by /, False: sep by \n
+allLinTables :: 
+  Bool -> CanonGrammar ->Ident ->A.Tree ->Err [[(Label,[([Patt],[String])])]]
+allLinTables slash gr c t = do
   r' <- allLinsAsRec gr c t
   mapM (mapM getS) r'
  where 
    getS (lab,pss) = liftM (curry id lab) $ mapM gets pss
    gets (ps,t) = liftM (curry id ps . cc . map str2strings) $ strsFromTerm t
-   cc = concat . intersperse ["/"]
+   cc = concat . intersperse [if slash then "/" else "\n"]
 
 -- | the value is a list of strings gathered from all fields
 
diff --git a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Morphology.hs b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Morphology.hs
index 313aa6fbc..3aeb08dc7 100644
--- a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Morphology.hs
+++ b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Morphology.hs
@@ -113,9 +113,14 @@ allMorphoWords = map fst . collapse
 
 -- analyse running text and show results either in short form or on separate lines
 
--- | analyse running text and show results in short form
+-- | analyse running text and show just the word, with "*" if not found
+morphoTextStatus :: Morpho -> String -> String
+morphoTextStatus mo = unlines . map (prMark . appMorpho mo) . words where
+  prMark (w,fs) = if null fs then "*" +++ w else w
+
+-- | analyse running text and show results in short form, one word per line
 morphoTextShort :: Morpho -> String -> String
-morphoTextShort mo = unwords . map (prMorphoAnalysisShort . appMorpho mo) . words
+morphoTextShort mo = unlines . map (prMorphoAnalysisShort . appMorpho mo) . words
 
 -- | analyse running text and show results on separate lines
 morphoText :: Morpho -> String -> String
diff --git a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Treebank.hs b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Treebank.hs
index 952b71877..d353efc8a 100644
--- a/src/GF/UseGrammar/Treebank.hs
+++ b/src/GF/UseGrammar/Treebank.hs
@@ -241,9 +241,9 @@ linearize opts mgr lang = lin where
   lin   
     | oElem showRecord opts = err id id . liftM prt . linearizeNoMark cgr zlang
     | oElem tableLin opts = 
-        err id id . liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable True) .  allLinTables cgr zlang
+        err id id . liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable True) .  allLinTables True cgr zlang
     | oElem showAll opts =  
-        err id id . liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable False) . allLinTables cgr zlang
+        err id id . liftM (unlines . map untok . prLinTable False) . allLinTables False cgr zlang
 
     | otherwise = untok . linTree2string noMark cgr zlang 
 
diff --git a/src/HelpFile b/src/HelpFile
index be06efb0b..0b18e34a8 100644
--- a/src/HelpFile
+++ b/src/HelpFile
@@ -346,6 +346,7 @@ ma, morphologically_analyse: ma String
       the results line by line.
   options:
       -short   show analyses in bracketed words, instead of separate lines
+      -status  show just the work at success, prefixed with "*" at failure
   flags:
       -lang
   examples: