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+# Google universal tag set
+cpdef enum univ_pos_t:
+    NO_TAG
+    ADJ
+    ADV
+    ADP
+    CONJ
+    DET
+    NOUN
+    NUM
+    PRON
+    PRT
+    VERB
+    X
+    PUNCT
+    EOL
+    N_UNIV_TAGS