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              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
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            {
              "text": "here ",
              "tag": "advmod"
            },
            {
              "text": "for ",
              "tag": "prep"
            },
            {
              "text": "the ",
              "tag": "det"
            },
            {
              "text": "night ",
              "tag": "pobj"
            },
            {
              "text": "or ",
              "tag": "cc"
            },
            {
              "children": [
                {
                  "text": "take ",
                  "tag": "conj"
                }
              ],
              "text": "",
              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "text": "a ",
              "tag": "det"
            },
            {
              "text": "taxi ",
              "tag": "dobj"
            },
            {
              "text": "home",
              "tag": "advmod"
            },
            {
              "text": ".",
              "tag": "punct"
            }
          ],
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          "tag": "Sentence"
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      }
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    "version": "enGram 3.4, Jan 2024"
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