Part-of-Speech Tags used in the Hepple Tagger NN - noun - singular or mass NNP - proper noun - singular NNPS - proper noun - plural NNS - noun - plural NP - proper noun - singular NPS - proper noun - plural JJ - adjective JJR - adjective - comparative JJS - adjective - superlative JJSS - -unknown-, but probably a variant of JJS RB - adverb RBR - adverb - comparative RBS - adverb - superlative VB - verb - base form VBD - verb - past tense VBG - verb - gerund or present participle VBN - verb - past participle VBP - verb - non-3rd person singular present VBZ - verb - 3rd person singular present FW - foreign word CD - cardinal number CC - coordinating conjunction DT - determiner EX - existential "there" IN - preposition or subordinating conjunction LS - list item marker MD - modal PDT - predeterminer POS - possesive ending PP - personal pronoun PRP - -unknown-, but probably possesive pronoun PRP$ - -unknown-, but probably possesive pronoun PRPR$ - -unknown-, but probably possesive pronoun RP - particle TO - literal "to" UH - interjection WDT - "wh"-determiner WP - "wh"-pronoun WP$ - possesive "wh"-pronoun WRB - "wh"-adverb SYM - symbol " - literal double quotes # - literal pound sign $ - literal dollar sign ' - literal single quote or apostrophe ( - literal left parenthesis ) - literal right parenthesis , - literal comma - - literal double-dash -LRB- - -unknown- . - literal period :: - literal colon ` - literal grave STAART - start state marker (used internally by Gate software)