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**John arrived (dependent clause) = agt:01(arrived, John) | **John arrived (dependent clause) = agt:01(arrived, John) | ||
**dependency relation = tim(saw, :01) | **dependency relation = tim(saw, :01) | ||
Where :01 is | Where :01 (to be assigned to every relation inside the scope) is the scope index. | ||
Revision as of 19:14, 10 July 2010
Clauses are groups of words that consist of a subject and a predicate. They are said to be independent if they can stand alone as a sentence, or dependent (embedded, subordinate), otherwise. In the UNL framework, dependent clauses are represented as hyper-nodes (the so-called scopes) linked to the main clause, as indicated below:
- English: Mary saw Peter when John arrived.
- Mary saw Peter (independent clause)
- when John arrived (dependent clause)
- UNL:
- Mary saw Peter (independent clause) = agt(saw, Mary), obj(saw,Peter)
- John arrived (dependent clause) = agt:01(arrived, John)
- dependency relation = tim(saw, :01)
Where :01 (to be assigned to every relation inside the scope) is the scope index.
