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{| border="1" cellpadding="2" align=center
|+Basic symbols used in the UNL framework
!Symbol
!Definition
!Example
|-
|align=center|( )
|node
|(%a)
|-
|align=center|" "
|string
|"went"
|-
|align=center|[ ]
|natural language entry (headword)
|[go]
|-
|align=center|[[ ]]
|UW
|[[to go(icl>to move)]]
|-
|align=center|//
|[[regular expression]]
|/a{2,3}/ = aa,aaa
|-
|align=center|rel(x;y)
|relation
|agt(kill;Peter)
|-
|align=center|<nowiki>^</nowiki>
|not
|^a = not a
|-
|align=center|{ | }
|or
|<nowiki>{a|b}</nowiki> = a or b
|-
|align=center|%
|[[index]] for nodes, attributes and values
|%x
|-
|align=center|:
|[[scope|scope ID]]
|:01
|-
|align=center|#
|[[index]] for sub-NLWs
|#01
|-
|align=center|=
|attribute-value assignment
|POS=NOU
|-
|align=center|!
|rule trigger
|!PLR
|-
|align=center|&
|merge operator
|%x&%y
|-
|align=center|?
|dictionary lookup operator
|?[a]
|}