| Tag | Meaning |
| $ | currency symbol ($) |
| '' | closing quotes (“) |
| ( | opening parentheses ( |
| ) | closing parentheses ) |
| , | comma (,) |
| : | connecting punctuation (:, -, …) |
| CC | conjunction, coordinating (and) |
| CD | number, cardinal (four) |
| DT | determiner, general (a, the, this, that) |
| EX | existential there |
| FW | foreign word (ante, de) |
| IN | preposition (on, of) |
| JJ | adjective, general (near) |
| JJR | adjective, comparative (nearer) |
| JJS | adjective, superlative (nearest) |
| LS | List item marker |
| MD | modal auxiliary (might, will) |
| NN | noun, common singular (action) |
| NNS | noun, common plural (actions) |
| NP | noun, proper singular (Thailand, Thatcher) |
| NPS | noun, proper plural (Americas, Atwells) |
| PDT | determiner, pre- (all, both, half) |
| POS | possessive particle (', 's) |
| PP | pronoun, personal (I, he) |
| PP$ | pronoun, possessive (my, his) |
| RB | adverb, general (chronically, deep) |
| RBR | adverb, comparative (easier, sooner) |
| RBS | adverb, superlative (easiest, soonest) |
| RP | adverbial particle (back, up) |
| SENT | sentence-final punctuation (.) |
| SYM | symbol or formula (US$500, R300) |
| TO | infinitive marker (to) |
| UH | interjection (aah, oh, yes, no) |
| VB | be, base (be) |
| VBD | be, past tense (went) |
| VBG | be, -ing (being) |
| VBN | be, past participle (been) |
| VBP | be, plural (are) |
| VBZ | be, -s (is) |
| VH | have, base (have) |
| VHD | have, past tense (had) |
| VHG | have, -ing (having) |
| VHN | have, past participle (had) |
| VHP | have, plural (have) |
| VHZ | verb, -s (has) |
| VV | verb, base (believe) |
| VVD | verb, past tense (believed) |
| VVG | verb, -ing (believing) |
| VVN | verb, past participle (believed) |
| VVP | verb, plural (believe) |
| VVZ | verb, -s (believes) |
| WDT | det, wh- (what, which, whatever, whichever) |
| WP | pronoun, wh- (who, that) |
| WP$ | pronoun, possessive wh- (whose) |
| WRB | adv, wh- (how, when, where, why) |
| `` | opening quotes (”) |