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In the above, the dependent clause "John arrived" is represented as a hyper-node linked to the main clause by the relation "tim" (which corresponds to the value of the conjunction "when"). In the UNL table representation, hyper-nodes are indexed by ":XX", where XX is a two-digit hyper-node index. Hyper-node indexes must also be associated to every relation inside the node.  
In the above, the dependent clause "John arrived" is represented as a hyper-node linked to the main clause by the relation "tim" (which corresponds to the value of the conjunction "when"). In the UNL table representation, hyper-nodes are indexed by ":XX", where XX is a two-digit hyper-node index. The main node index is :00 and may be omitted. Hyper-node indexes must also be associated to every relation inside the node.  




agt:00(saw, Mary)<br />
agt:00(saw, Mary) or agt(saw,Mary)<br />
obj:00(saw, Peter)<br />
obj:00(saw, Peter) or obj(saw,Peter)<br />
tim:00(saw, :01)<br />
tim:00(saw, :01) or tim(saw, :01)<br />
agt:01(arrived, John)<br />
agt:01(arrived, John)<br />


== When to use scopes ==




== When not to use scopes ==




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:
== @entry ==


*English: Mary saw Peter when John arrived.
== Coindexation ==
**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.

Revision as of 20:09, 10 July 2010

The UNL representation is a hyper-graph and may consist of several interlinked or subordinate sub-graphs, which are used to define the boundaries and the scope of the semantic entities being represented. These sub-graphs correspond roughly to the concept of "clauses", i.e., groups of words that consist of a subject and a predicate. For instance, the sentence "Mary saw Peter when John arrived" is represented, in UNL, as follows:

In the above, the dependent clause "John arrived" is represented as a hyper-node linked to the main clause by the relation "tim" (which corresponds to the value of the conjunction "when"). In the UNL table representation, hyper-nodes are indexed by ":XX", where XX is a two-digit hyper-node index. The main node index is :00 and may be omitted. Hyper-node indexes must also be associated to every relation inside the node.


agt:00(saw, Mary) or agt(saw,Mary)
obj:00(saw, Peter) or obj(saw,Peter)
tim:00(saw, :01) or tim(saw, :01)
agt:01(arrived, John)

When to use scopes

When not to use scopes

@entry

Coindexation