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The preposition "to" is the default for the relations "to", "plt", "gol", "pur", "tmt" and "bas" and may be omitted in these cases. It may also be omitted in case of the relation "obj", whose government is defined in the dictionary. For "man", the preposition should be explicitly indicated by the attribute "@to": | The preposition "to" is the default for the relations "to", "plt", "gol", "pur", "tmt" and "bas" and may be omitted in these cases. It may also be omitted in case of the relation "obj", whose government is defined in the dictionary. For "man", the preposition should be explicitly indicated by the attribute "@to": | ||
*answer to John = gol(answer, John) = gol(answer, John.@to) | *answer to John = gol(answer, John) = gol(answer, John.@to) | ||
| − | *smooth to the touch = man(smooth, touch.@to) '''≠''' man(smooth, touch) | + | *smooth to the touch = man(smooth, touch.@to) '''≠''' man(smooth, touch) = smooth as touch |
Revision as of 11:55, 22 March 2010
The preposition "to" may have, in English, several values, as follows:
| Value | UNL | Examples | |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | UNL | ||
| complement (necessary argument) | obj | refer to a dictionary | obj(refer, dictionary) |
| direction (towards) | to | go to the city | to(go, city) |
| final place | plt | go to the bottom | plt(go, bottom) |
| purpose | pur | go to discuss | pur(go, discuss) |
| addressee | gol | answer to John | gol(answer, John) |
| final state | gol | nursed her back to health | gol(nurse, health) |
| final time | tmt | worked from nine to five | tmt(work, 5) |
| comparison | bas | superior to the others | bas(superior, others) |
| degree or extent | man | smooth to the touch | man(smooth, touch.@to) |
| manner | man | parallel to the road | man(parallel, road.@to) |
Observations
The preposition "to" must be replaced by its equivalents in the following situations:
- to = against
- Their faces pressed to the windows = Their faces pressed against the windows
- to = of
- looked for the top to the jar = looked for the top of the jar
- to = before
- ten to five = ten before five
- @to
The preposition "to" is the default for the relations "to", "plt", "gol", "pur", "tmt" and "bas" and may be omitted in these cases. It may also be omitted in case of the relation "obj", whose government is defined in the dictionary. For "man", the preposition should be explicitly indicated by the attribute "@to":
- answer to John = gol(answer, John) = gol(answer, John.@to)
- smooth to the touch = man(smooth, touch.@to) ≠ man(smooth, touch) = smooth as touch
