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This page provides guidelines for English in the UNL framework.
Adpositions as Universal Relations
As words that connect two other words, adpositions are always represented in UNL as relations:
- agt = by
- ben = for
- dur = during
- frm = from
- gol = to
- ins = with
- man = as
- met = by
- mod = of
- opl = in
- per = per
- plc = in
- plf = from
- plt = to
- pof = of
- pos = of
- ptn = with
- pur = for
- scn = in
- src = from
- tim = in
- tmf = since
- tmt = until
- to = to
- via = through
Adpositions as Universal Attributes
Adpositions are also represented as attributes when they assign specific values to general relations. For instance:
- the book is in the box
- the relation "plc" (place) is sufficient to represent the meaning intended by "in" and no attribute is necessary: plc(book, box)
- the book is under the box
- the relation "plc" (place) is too generic to represent the meaning intended by "under" and the attribute @under is necessary: plc(book, box.@under)
For the time being, adpositions have been represented by their English correspondents.
- @aboard
- @about
- @above
- @according_to
- @across
- @after
- @against
- @ahead_of
- @along
- @alongside
- @amid
- @among
- @apart_from
- @around
- @as
- @as_far_as
- @as_of
- @as_per
- @as_regards
- @as_well_as
- @aside
- @aside_from
- @astride
- @at
- @athwart
- @atop
- @barring
- @because_of
- @before
- @behind
- @below
- @beneath
- @beside
- @besides
- @between
- @beyond
- @but
- @by
- @by_means_of
- @circa
- @close_to
- @concerning
- @despite
- @down
- @due_to
- @during
- @except
- @except_for
- @excluding
- @failing
- @far_from
- @following
- @for
- @from
- @from_on
- @given
- @in
- @in_accordance_with
- @in_addition_to
- @in_case_of
- @in_favor_of
- @in_front_of
- @in_place_of
- @in_spite_of
- @in_terms_of
- @including
- @inside
- @inside_of
- @instead_of
- @into
- @like
- @mid
- @near
- @near_to
- @next
- @next_to
- @notwithstanding
- @of
- @off
- @on
- @on_account_of
- @on_behalf_of
- @on_top_of
- @onto
- @opposite
- @out
- @out_from
- @out_of
- @outside
- @outside_of
- @over
- @owing_to
- @pace
- @per
- @prior_to
- @pursuant_to
- @qua
- @regarding
- @regardless_of
- @round
- @save
- @since
- @subsequent_to
- @than
- @thanks_to
- @that_of
- @through
- @throughout
- @to
- @toward
- @towards
- @under
- @underneath
- @unlike
- @until
- @up
- @upon
- @versus
- @via
- @with
- @with_regard_to
- @with_relation_to
- @with_respect_to
- @within
- @without
- @worth