Adpositions: Difference between revisions

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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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-'''Adpositions''' are connecting words used for a wide range of syntactic and semantic functions, most commonly modification and complementation. They are classified as '''prepositions''', when preceding a phrase; as '''postpositions''', when following a phrase; and as '''circumpositions''', when surrounding a phrase. Natural language adpositions are expected to be explicitly represented in UNL by attributes, except when their semantic value may be inferred from a 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
-;@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
-;@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_relation_to
-;@with_respect_to
-;@within
-;@without
-;@worth
-== Default values ==
-;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

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