Conceptual Dependency

1. Conceptual Dependency • ATRANS – abstract transfer (give) • PTRANS – physical transfer (move) • PROPEL – application of force (push) • MTRANS – mental transfer ( tell • MBUILD – construct new information • SPEAK – utter a sound (say) • ATTEND – focus on a stimulus (watch) • MOVE – move a body part (kick) • GRASP – grasp an object (clutch) • INGEST – ingest something (eat, inject) • EXPEL – expel something (spit)

2. Primitive Things • PP – Real world objects (people, things) • ACT – Real world actions (eat, give) • PA – Attributes of objects (size, health) • AA – Attributes of actions • T – Times • LOC – Locations

3. Connections - link actors to actions - dependencies - conditionals

4. Mary gives John the book.

5. John received the book from Mary Recipient/Donor Relation Book is the object Mary gave the book to John from John R o Mary ATRANS Book to Mary

6. Mary gave John the book.

7. Past tense (P) from Mary P R o Mary ATRANS Book to John

8. Mary will give John the book.

9. Future tense (f) from Mary f R o Mary ATRANS Book to John

10. Mary will give John the book tomorrow.

11. modifier from Mary f R o Mary ATRANS Book to John tomorrow

12. John went to the kitchen.

13. Change in location Kitchen P D o John PTRANS John

14. John smoked a cigarette.

15. from John P R o John INGEST smoke to cigarette

16. Smoking can give you cancer.

17. Conditional Dependency from one R one o INGEST smoke to cigarette c from health(cancerous) one to health(good)

18. John threw the book at Mary.

19. Mary P D o John PROPEL Book

20. Mary P D o John MTRANS Punish

21. Mary told Jane that she gave John the book.

22. from Mary P R o Mary MTRANS to Jane from Mary P R o Mary ATRANS Book to John