| Approx. Count | Tag | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 909 | PREP | preposition |
| 869 | NOUN | singular or mass noun |
| 691 | PRO | pronoun |
| 575 | DET | determiner |
| 567 | COMMA | , |
| 464 | ADJ | adjective |
| 447 | ADV | adverb |
| 407 | CONJ | conjunction |
| 407 | NAME | name, proper noun |
| 318 | POSSPRO | possessive pronoun (e.g. my, their) |
| 296 | VERB | verb in base form |
| 281 | START | marker for start of sentence |
| 266 | PAST | past tense form of verb |
| 252 | STOP | full stop: . |
| 226 | NOUNP | plural noun |
| 209 | AUX | non-modal auxiliary |
| 208 | PASTPART | past participle |
| 176 | BE | verb to be as copula |
| 163 | PRESPART | present partciple |
| 141 | TO | to as infinitive particle - to give, to be |
| 138 | QUOTE | " - quotation mark |
| 131 | MODAL | modal auxiliary |
| 112 | RELPRO | relative pronoun |
| 94 | QUANT | quantifier |
| 61 | NEG | negative particle - i.e. no/never as VG modifier |
| 58 | SEMICOLON | ; |
| 47 | CARD | cardinal |
| 39 | REFLPRO | reflexive pronoun - myself, herself |
| 34 | POSSINFL | 's - a postposition |
| 29 | WHPRO | WH word used as pronoun |
| 21 | EXCLAM | ! |
| 18 | WHDET | WH-determiner, e.g. "which" in "during which time ..." |
| 18 | PART | particle, like "up" in "get up, you lazy dog" |
| 16 | ORD | ordinal, like second, tenth |
| 15 | QUERY | ? |
| 12 | HYPHEN | – |
| 11 | LPAREN | ( |
| 11 | RPAREN | ) |
| 10 | VERB3S | verb in 3rd person singular form |
| 10 | INTERJ | interjection |
| 10 | ADJST | superlative adjective |
| 9 | NAMEP | pluralform of a proper noun |
| 7 | ADJR | comparative adjective |
| 6 | EXISTHERE | existential there: "there is" |
| 5 | COLON | : |
| 2 | FOREIGN | foreign word |
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