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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


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