diff --git a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
index 2f177bd..a05f837 100644
--- a/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
+++ b/src/test/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/query/TestKorapQueryJSON.java
@@ -336,6 +336,13 @@
     };
 
     @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqEmptyStartRepetition2 () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/empty-first-repetition-2.jsonld").getFile());
+	// []{0,0}[tt/p=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "tokens:tt/p:NN");
+    };
+
+    @Test
     public void queryJSONseqEmptyMiddle () throws QueryException {
 	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/empty-middle.jsonld").getFile());
 	// der[][tt/p=NN]
@@ -400,6 +407,78 @@
 	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, []{3, 8}, left, class:1), []{2, 7}, right, class:2)");
     };
 
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegative () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p!=NN]
+	assertTrue(sqwi.isNegative());
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeStart () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-first.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p!=NN][tt/p=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{1, 1}, left)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeEnd () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-last.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p=NN][tt/p!=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{1, 1}, right)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeStartRepetition () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p!=NN]{4,5}[tt/p=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{4, 5}, left)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeStartRepetition2 () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-2.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p!=NN]{0,5}[tt/p=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{0, 5}, left)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeStartRepetition3 () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-3.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p!=NN]{0,0}[tt/p=NN]
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "tokens:tt/p:NN");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeEndClass () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-last-class.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p=NN]{2:[tt/p!=NN]}
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{1, 1}, right, class:2)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeEndRepetitionClass () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p=NN]{2:[tt/p!=NN]{4,5}}
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{4, 5}, right, class:2)");
+    };
+
+    @Test
+    public void queryJSONseqNegativeEndRepetitionClass2 () throws QueryException {
+	SpanQueryWrapper sqwi = jsonQuery(getClass().getResource("/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition-2.jsonld").getFile());
+
+	// [tt/p=NN]{2:[tt/p!=NN]}{4,5}
+	assertEquals(sqwi.toQuery().toString(), "spanExpansion(tokens:tt/p:NN, !tokens:tt/p:NN{4, 5}, right, class:2)");
+    };
+
     public static String getString (String path) {
 	StringBuilder contentBuilder = new StringBuilder();
 	try {
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/empty-first-repetition-2.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/empty-first-repetition-2.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c84cc4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/empty-first-repetition-2.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "collections" : [
+      {
+         "@type" : "korap:meta-filter",
+         "@value" : {
+            "@field" : "korap:field#corpusID",
+            "@type" : "korap:term",
+            "@value" : "WPD"
+         }
+      }
+   ],
+   "meta" : {},
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+     "operands" : [
+       {
+	 "@type" : "korap:group",
+	 "operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	 "boundary": {
+	   "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	   "min" : 0,
+	   "max" : 0
+	 },
+	 "operands" : [
+	   {
+             "@type" : "korap:token"
+	   }]	     
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-2.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-2.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ded4793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-2.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+	 "@type" : "korap:group",
+	 "operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	 "boundary": {
+	   "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	   "min" : 0,
+	   "max" : 5
+	 },
+	 "operands" : [
+	   {
+
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:ne"
+            }
+	   }]
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-3.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-3.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7ab3c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition-3.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+	 "@type" : "korap:group",
+	 "operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	 "boundary": {
+	   "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	   "min" : 0,
+	   "max" : 0
+	 },
+	 "operands" : [
+	   {
+
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:ne"
+            }
+	   }]
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63df1bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first-repetition.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+	 "@type" : "korap:group",
+	 "operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	 "boundary": {
+	   "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	   "min" : 4,
+	   "max" : 5
+	 },
+	 "operands" : [
+	   {
+
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:ne"
+            }
+	   }]
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5f4a130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-first.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:ne"
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition-2.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition-2.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4d93449
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition-2.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+  "query" : {
+    "@type" : "korap:group",
+    "operands" : [
+      {
+        "@type" : "korap:token",
+        "wrap" : {
+          "@type" : "korap:term",
+          "foundry" : "tt",
+          "key" : "NN",
+          "layer" : "p",
+          "match" : "match:eq"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+	"@type" : "korap:group",
+	"operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	"boundary": {
+	  "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	  "min" : 4,
+	  "max" : 5
+	},
+	"operands" : [
+	  {
+	    "@type" : "korap:group",
+	    "class" : 2,
+	    "operation" : "operation:class",
+	    "operands" : [
+	      {
+		"@type" : "korap:token",
+		"wrap" : {
+		  "@type" : "korap:term",
+		  "foundry" : "tt",
+		  "key" : "NN",
+		  "layer" : "p",
+		  "match" : "match:ne"
+		}
+	      }
+	    ]
+	  }
+	]
+      }
+    ],
+    "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..372e390
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class-repetition.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+{
+  "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+  "query" : {
+    "@type" : "korap:group",
+    "operands" : [
+      {
+        "@type" : "korap:token",
+        "wrap" : {
+          "@type" : "korap:term",
+          "foundry" : "tt",
+          "key" : "NN",
+          "layer" : "p",
+          "match" : "match:eq"
+        }
+      },
+      {
+	"@type" : "korap:group",
+	"class" : 2,
+	"operation" : "operation:class",
+	"operands" : [
+	  {
+	    "@type" : "korap:group",
+	    "operation" : "operation:repetition",
+	    "boundary": {
+	      "@type" : "korap:boundary",
+	      "min" : 4,
+	      "max" : 5
+	    },
+	    "operands" : [
+	      {
+		"@type" : "korap:token",
+		"wrap" : {
+		  "@type" : "korap:term",
+		  "foundry" : "tt",
+		  "key" : "NN",
+		  "layer" : "p",
+		  "match" : "match:ne"
+		}
+	      }
+	    ]
+	  }
+	]
+      }
+    ],
+    "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41e0d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last-class.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         },
+        {
+	  "@type" : "korap:group",
+	  "class" : 2,
+	  "operation" : "operation:class",
+	  "operands" : [
+	    {
+              "@type" : "korap:token",
+              "wrap" : {
+		"@type" : "korap:term",
+		"foundry" : "tt",
+		"key" : "NN",
+		"layer" : "p",
+		"match" : "match:ne"
+              }
+            }
+	  ]
+	}
+      ],
+     "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b29c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative-last.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+{
+   "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+   "query" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:group",
+      "operands" : [
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:eq"
+            }
+         },
+         {
+            "@type" : "korap:token",
+            "wrap" : {
+               "@type" : "korap:term",
+               "foundry" : "tt",
+               "key" : "NN",
+               "layer" : "p",
+               "match" : "match:ne"
+            }
+         }
+      ],
+      "operation" : "operation:sequence"
+   }
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative.jsonld b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative.jsonld
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0f5c21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/resources/queries/sequence/negative.jsonld
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "@context" : "http://ids-mannheim.de/ns/KorAP/json-ld/v0.1/context.jsonld",
+  "query" : {
+    "@type" : "korap:token",
+    "wrap" : {
+      "@type" : "korap:term",
+      "foundry" : "tt",
+      "key" : "NN",
+      "layer" : "p",
+      "match" : "match:ne"
+    }
+  }
+}