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              "text": "you ",
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            },
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                  "text": "v2",
                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "take ",
                  "tag": "VB"
                }
              ],
              "text": "",
              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "text": "a ",
              "tag": "det"
            },
            {
              "text": "break ",
              "tag": "dobj"
            },
            {
              "text": "from ",
              "tag": "prep"
            },
            {
              "text": "work ",
              "tag": "pobj"
            },
            {
              "text": "once ",
              "tag": "advmod"
            },
            {
              "text": "in ",
              "tag": "prep"
            },
            {
              "text": "a ",
              "tag": "det"
            },
            {
              "text": "while ",
              "tag": "pobj"
            },
            {
              "children": [
                {
                  "text": "vI",
                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "to ",
                  "tag": "TO"
                },
                {
                  "text": "relax",
                  "tag": "VB"
                }
              ],
              "text": "",
              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "text": "?",
              "tag": "punct"
            }
          ],
          "text": "",
          "tag": "Sentence"
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      }
    ],
    "version": "enGram 3.4, Jan 2024"
  }
}