| POS Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| CC | coordinating conjunction | and |
| CD | cardinal number | 1, third |
| DT | determiner | the |
| EX | existential there | there is |
| FW | foreign word | les |
| IN | preposition, subordinating conjunction | in, of, like |
| IN/that | that as subordinator | that |
| JJ | adjective | green |
| JJR | adjective, comparative | greener |
| JJS | adjective, superlative | greenest |
| LS | list marker | 1) |
| MD | modal | could, will |
| NN | noun, singular or mass | table |
| NNS | noun plural | tables |
| NP | proper noun, singular | John |
| NPS | proper noun, plural | Vikings |
| PDT | predeterminer | both the boys |
| POS | possessive ending | friend’s |
| PP | personal pronoun | I, he, it |
| PP$ | possessive pronoun | my, his |
| RB | adverb | however, usually, naturally, here, good |
| RBR | adverb, comparative | better |
| RBS | adverb, superlative | best |
| RP | particle | give up |
| SENT | Sentence-break punctuation | . ! ? |
| SYM | Symbol | / [ = * |
| TO | infinitive ‘to’ | togo |
| UH interjection uhhuhhuhh | ||
| VB verb be, base form be | ||
| VBD verb be, past tense was, were | ||
| VBG verb be, gerund/present participle being | ||
| VBN verb be, past participle been | ||
| VBP verb be, sing. present, non-3d am, are | ||
| VBZ verb be, 3rd person sing. present is | ||
| VH verb have, base form have | ||
| VHD verb have, past tense had | ||
| VHG verb have, gerund/present participle having | ||
| VHN verb have, past participle had | ||
| VHP verb have, sing. present, non-3d have | ||
| VHZ verb have, 3rd person sing. present has | ||
| VV verb, base form take | ||
| VVD verb, past tense took | ||
| VVG verb, gerund/present participle taking | ||
| VVN verb, past participle taken | ||
| VVP verb, sing. present, non-3d take | ||
| VVZ verb, 3rd person sing. present takes | ||
| WDT wh-determiner which | ||
| WP wh-pronoun who, what | ||
| WP$ possessive wh-pronoun whose | ||
| WRB wh-abverb where, when |
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