English grammar

Determiners

Determiner	Attribute	English	UNL
a, an	@indef	a book	book.@indef
a few	@paucal	a few books	book.@paucal
a little	@paucal	a little ammount	ammount.@paucal
a lot of	@multal	a lot of books	book.@multal
all	@all	all books	book.@all
another	@other	another book	book.@other
any	@any	any book	book.@any
both	@both	both books	book.@both
each	@each	each book	book.@each
either	@either	either book	book.@either
else	@other	something else	something.@other
every	@every	every book	book.@every
few	@paucal	few books	book.@paucal
little	@paucal	little damage	damage.@paucal
many	@multal	many books	book.@multal
most	@most	most books	book.@most
much	@multal	much effort	effort.@multal
neither	@neither	neither foot	foot.@neither
no	@not	no book	book.@not
other	@other	other book	book.@other
own	@own	own book	book.@own
same	@same	same book	book.@same
several	@multal	several books	book.@multal
some	@paucal	some books	book.@paucal
such	@such	such books	book.@such
that, those	@distal	that book	book.@distal
the	@def	the book	book.@def
this, these	@proximal	this book	book.@proximal
what	@wh	what book	book.@wh
whatever	@wh	whatever book	book.@wh
which	@wh	which book	book.@wh
whichever	@wh	whichever book	book.@wh

Prepositions

• for
• in
• of
• to

Verbs

• be

Verb forms

Form	Tag	UNL	Example
Simple present	PRS	@present	He speaks = speak.@present
Present progressive	PRS&PGS	@present.@progressive	He is speaking = speak.@present.@progressive)
Simple past	PAS	@past	He spoke = speak.@past
Past progressive	PAS&PGS	@past.@progressive	He was speaking = speak.@past.@progressive
Present Perfect Simple	PRS&PFC	@past (finished action that has an influence on the present)	He has spoken many times about that = speak.@past
		@present.@perfect (action that is still going on)	He has spoken since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect
		@past.@recent (action that stopped recently)	He has just spoken = speak.@past.@recent
Present Perfect Progressive	PRS&PFC&PGS	@past.@progressive (finished action that has an influence on the present)	He has been speaking many times about that = speak.@past.@progressive
		@present.@perfect.@progressive (action that is still going on)	He has been speaking since yesterday = speak.@present.@perfect.@progressive
		@past.@recent.@progressive (action that stopped recently)	He has just been speaking = speak.@past.@recent.@progressive
Past Perfect Simple	PAS&RPT	@past.@anterior	He had not spoken = speak.@past.@anterior)
Past Perfect Progressive	PAS&RPT&PGS	@past.@anterior.@progressive	He had been speaking. = speak.@past.@anterior.@progressive
Future Simple	FUT	@future	He will speak = speak.@future
Near future	FUN	@future.@recent	He is going to speak = speak.@future.@recent
Future Progressive	FUT&PGS	@future.@progressive	He will be speaking = speak.@future.@progressive.
Future Perfect	FUT&RPT	@future.@anterior	He will have spoken = speak.@future.@anterior
Future Perfect Progressive	FUT&RPT&PGS	@future.@anterior.@progressive	He will have been speaking = speak.@future.@anterior.@progressive
Conditional	CON	@past.@posterior	He would speak = speak.@past.@posterior
Conditional Progressive	CON&PGS	@past.@posterior.@progressive	He would be speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@progressive
Conditional Perfect	CON&PFC	@past.@posterior.@perfective	He would have spoken = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective
Conditional Perfect Progressive	CON&RPT&PGS	@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive	He would have been speaking = speak.@past.@posterior.@perfective.@progressive)