| Tag | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| +ADJ | (basic) adjective | [a] blue [book], [he is] big |
| +ADJCMP | comparative adjective | [he is] bigger, [a] better [question] |
| +ADJING | adjectival ing-form | [the] working [men] |
| +ADJPAP | adjectival past participle | [a] locked [door] |
| +ADJPRON | pronoun (with determiner) or adjective | [the] same; [the] other [way] |
| +ADJSUP | superlative adjective | [he is the] biggest; [the] best [cake] |
| +ADV | (basic) adverb | today, quickly |
| +ADVCMP | comparative adverb | sooner |
| +ADVSUP | superlative adverb | soonest |
| +CARD | cardinal (except one) | two, 123, IV |
| +CARDONE | cardinal one | [at] one [time] ; one [dollar] |
| +CM | comma | , |
| +COADV | coordination adverbs either, neither | either [by law o by force]; [he didn't come] either |
| +COORD | coordinating conjunction | and, or |
| +COSUB | subordinating conjunction | because, while |
| +COTHAN | conjunction than | [bigger] than |
| +DET | determiner | the, a, this, my [house] |
| +DETREL | relative determiner whose | [the man] whose [hat ...] |
| +INFTO | infinitive marker to | [he wants] to [go] |
| +ITJ | interjection | oh! |
| +MEAS | measure abbreviation | m, yd |
| +MONEY | currency plus cardinal | $1,000 |
| +NOT | negation not | [he will] not [come in] |
| +NOUN | common noun | house |
| +NOUNING | nominal ing-form | [his] working; [good at] singing |
| +ORD | ordinal | 3rd, second |
| +PARTPAST | past participle (in subclause) | [while] seated [he ...]; [the car] sold [on Monday] |
| +PARTPRES | present participle (in subclause), gerund | [while] doing [it]; [they began] designing [the ship]; having [said this ...] |
| +POSS | possessive suffix 's | [Peter] 's ; [houses] ' |
| +PREDET | pre-determiner such, half | such [a way] ; half [the price] |
| +PREP | preposition | in [the house], on [the table] |
| +PREPADVAS | preposition or adverbial as | as [big] as |
| +PRON | (non-personal) pronoun | everybody, all, this [is ] mine |
| +PRONONE | pronoun one | one [of them]; [the green] one |
| +PRONPERS | personal pronoun | I, me, we, you |
| +PRONREFL | reflexive pronoun | myself, ... |
| +PRONREL | relative pronoun who, whom, whose; which; that | [the man] who [wrote that book]; [the man] whose [book I read] |
| +PROP | proper name | Peter, Mr. Brown |
| +PUNCT | punctuation (other than SENT and CM) | : - ; |
| +QUANT | quantifier all, any, both, double, each, enough, every, (a) few, half, many, some |
many [prople]; half [the price]; all [your children]; time [enough]; any [of these] |
| +QUANTADV | quantifier or adverb much, little | much [better] , [he cares] little |
| +QUANTCMP | quantifier or comparative adverb more, less | more [people], more [expensive] |
| +QUANTSUP | quantifier or superlative adverb most, least | most [people], most [expensive] |
| +SENT | sentence final punctuation | . ! ? |
| +TIT | title | Mr., Dr. |
| +VAUX | auxiliary (modal) | [he] will [run], [I] won't [come] |
| +VBI | infinitive or imperative of be | [he will] be [running]; be [quiet!] |
| +VBPAP | past participle of be | [he has] been [there] |
| +VBPAST | past tense of be | [he] was [running], [he] was [here] |
| +VBPRES | present tense of be | [he] is [running], [he] is [old] |
| +VBPROG | ing-form of be | [it is] being [sponsored] |
| +VDI | infinitive or imperative of do | [He will] do [it]; do [not open!] |
| +VDPAP | past participle of do | [he has] done [it] |
| +VDPAST | past tense of do | [we] did [it], [he] didn't [come] |
| +VDPRES | present tense of do | [We] do [it], [he] doesn't [go] |
| +VDPROG | ing-form of do | [He is] doing [it] |
| +VHI | infinitive or imperative of have | [he would] have [come]; have [a look!] |
| +VHPAP | papst participle of have | [he has] had a cold |
| +VHPAST | past tense of have | [he] had [seen] |
| +VHPRES | present tense of have | [he] has [been watching] |
| +VHPROG | ing-form of have | [he is] having [a good time] |
| +VI | verb infinitive or imperative | [he will] go, [he comes to] see; listen [!] |
| +VPAP | verb past participle | [he has] played, [it is] written |
| +VPAST | verb past tense | [I] went, [he] loved |
| +VPRES | verb present tense | [we] go, [she] loves |
| +VPROG | verb ing-form | [you are] going |
| +VS | verbal 's (short for is or has) | [he] 's [coming] |
| +WADV | interrogative adverb | when, where, why |
| +WDET | interrogative determiner | which [book], whose [hat] |
| +WPRON | interrogative pronoun | who [is], what [is] |