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# Jul/2/2008
# NSM universal concepts found in all human languages
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# entity-characteristic-proposition hierarchy #
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begin hierarchy NSM;
action;
/ move; # space,time
/ speak;
/ want; # mental predicate
/ feel; # mental predicate
/ think; # mental predicate
/ believe; # mental predicate
/ know; # mental predicate
/ see; # sense
/ hear; # sense
/ touch; # sense
/ taste; # sense
/ smell; # sense
verb;
/ i:after; / i:before; # time
/ i:above; / i:below; # space
/ i:outside; / i:inside; # space
/ i:beside; / i:beside; # space
attribute;
/ i:long; / i:short; # space,time
/ i:far; / i:near; # space,time
/ i:good; / i:bad; # evaluator
/ i:big; / i:small; # descriptor
quantifier;
/ i:very; # intensifier
end hierarchy NSM;
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# relations #
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because inverse causes;
before inverse after;
above inverse below;
inside inverse outside;
beside inverse beside;
short isnon long;
near isnon far;
bad isnon good;
small isnon big;
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