diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2Conllu.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2Conllu.kt
index cc36537..bdaf25b 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2Conllu.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2Conllu.kt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import java.util.zip.ZipFile
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilder
 import javax.xml.parsers.DocumentBuilderFactory
+import kotlin.math.min
 import kotlin.system.exitProcess
 
 @Command(
@@ -61,7 +62,9 @@
     var logLevel: String = "WARNING"
 
     @Option(
-        names = ["--columns", "-c"], paramLabel = "NUMBER", description = ["Not yet implemented: columns"]
+        names = ["--columns", "-c"],
+        paramLabel = "NUMBER",
+        description = ["Number of columns. 1 means just the token. Default: ${"$"}{DEFAULT-VALUE}", "Possible values: 1-10"]
     )
     var columns: Int = 10
 
@@ -81,7 +84,7 @@
     @Option(names = ["--offsets"], description = ["Not yet implemented: offsets"])
     var offsets: Boolean = false
 
-    @Option(names = ["--comments"], description = ["Not yet implemented: comments"])
+    @Option(names = ["--comments", "-C"], description = ["Not yet implemented: comments"])
     var comments: Boolean = false
 
     @Option(
@@ -267,13 +270,14 @@
                                                     mfs.head!!,
                                                     mfs.deprel!!,
                                                     mfs.deps!!,
-                                                    mfs.misc!!
+                                                    mfs.misc!!,
+                                                    columns
                                                 )
                                             )
                                         } else {
                                             output.append(
                                                 printConlluToken(
-                                                    token_index, texts[docId]!!.substring(span.from, span.to)
+                                                    token_index, texts[docId]!!.substring(span.from, span.to), columns = columns
                                                 )
                                             )
                                         }
@@ -311,9 +315,15 @@
         head: String = "_",
         deprel: String = "_",
         deps: String = "_",
-        misc: String = "_"
+        misc: String = "_",
+        columns: Int = 10
     ): String {
-        return ("$token_index\t$token\t$lemma\t$upos\t$xpos\t$feats\t$head\t$deprel\t$deps\t$misc\n")
+        when (columns) {
+            1 -> return ("$token\n")
+            10 -> return ("$token_index\t$token\t$lemma\t$upos\t$xpos\t$feats\t$head\t$deprel\t$deps\t$misc\n")
+            else -> return arrayOf(token_index, token, lemma, upos, xpos, feats, head, deprel, deps, misc).slice(0..min(columns, 10) - 1)
+                .joinToString("\t") + "\n"
+        }
     }
 
     private fun tokenOffsetsInSentence(
diff --git a/app/src/test/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2ConlluTest.kt b/app/src/test/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2ConlluTest.kt
index 3efbb6a..fe47dab 100644
--- a/app/src/test/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2ConlluTest.kt
+++ b/app/src/test/kotlin/de/ids_mannheim/korapxmltools/KorapXml2ConlluTest.kt
@@ -113,6 +113,26 @@
     }
 
     @Test
+    fun respectsColumnsParam() {
+        val args = arrayOf("-c","5", loadResource("wdf19.zip").path)
+        debug(args)
+        assertContains(
+            outContent.toString(),
+            "42\tparfaitement\t_\t_\t_\n"
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    fun respectsSpecial1ColumnsParam() {
+        val args = arrayOf("-c","1", loadResource("wdf19.zip").path)
+        debug(args)
+        assertContains(
+            outContent.toString(),
+            "\nparfaitement\n"
+        )
+    }
+
+    @Test
     fun w2vOptionWorks() {
         val args = arrayOf("-w", loadResource("wdf19.zip").path)
         debug(args)