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To be explicitly represented by attributes, except when their semantic value may be inferred from the corresponding relation.
'''Adpositions''' are connecting words used for a wide range of syntactic and semantic functions, most commonly modification and complementation.  


the book is under the box = plc(book, box.@under)
== Natural Language ==
the book is in the box = plc(book, box.@in) or plc(book, box)


== Preposition attributes ==
Natural language adpositions are classified as '''prepositions''', when preceding a phrase; as '''postpositions''', when following a phrase; and as '''circumpositions''', when surrounding a phrase:


@aboard
== UNL ==
@about
Natural language adpositions are expected to be explicitly represented in UNL by [[Universal Relations]] or by Universal Relations and [[Universal Attributes]]:
@above
*the book of John = pos(book,John) (preposition represented as a relation)
@according_to
*the book about John = cnt(book,John) (preposition represented as a relation)
@across
*He lives in Geneva = plc(live,Geneva) (preposition represented as a relation)
@after
*He died in 1956 = tim(died,"1956") (preposition represented as a relation)
@against
*He is going to Geneva = gol(go,Geneva) or plc(go,Geneva.@to) (preposition represented as a specific relation ("gol") or as a general relation ("plc") and an attribute)
@ahead_of
*He has been working since Saturday = tmf(work,Saturday) or tim(work,Saturday.@from) (preposition represented as a specific relation ("tmf") or as a general relation ("tim") and an attribute)
@along
*The book near the table = plc(book,table.@near) (preposition represented as a relation and an attribute)
@alongside
*The book under the table = plc(book,table.@bottom.@contact) (preposition represented as a relation and attributes)
@amid
*The book below the table = plc(book,table.@bottom.@near) (preposition represented as a relation and attributes)
@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
@given
@in
@in_accordance_with
@in_addition_to
@in_case_of
@in_front_of
@in_place_of
@in_spite_of
@including
@inside
@inside_of
@instead_of
@into
@like
@mid
@minus
@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
@past
@per
@plus
@plus
@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_respect_to
@within
@without
@worth

Latest revision as of 18:04, 12 November 2013

Adpositions are connecting words used for a wide range of syntactic and semantic functions, most commonly modification and complementation.

Natural Language

Natural language adpositions are classified as prepositions, when preceding a phrase; as postpositions, when following a phrase; and as circumpositions, when surrounding a phrase:

UNL

Natural language adpositions are expected to be explicitly represented in UNL by Universal Relations or by Universal Relations and Universal Attributes:

  • the book of John = pos(book,John) (preposition represented as a relation)
  • the book about John = cnt(book,John) (preposition represented as a relation)
  • He lives in Geneva = plc(live,Geneva) (preposition represented as a relation)
  • He died in 1956 = tim(died,"1956") (preposition represented as a relation)
  • He is going to Geneva = gol(go,Geneva) or plc(go,Geneva.@to) (preposition represented as a specific relation ("gol") or as a general relation ("plc") and an attribute)
  • He has been working since Saturday = tmf(work,Saturday) or tim(work,Saturday.@from) (preposition represented as a specific relation ("tmf") or as a general relation ("tim") and an attribute)
  • The book near the table = plc(book,table.@near) (preposition represented as a relation and an attribute)
  • The book under the table = plc(book,table.@bottom.@contact) (preposition represented as a relation and attributes)
  • The book below the table = plc(book,table.@bottom.@near) (preposition represented as a relation and attributes)
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