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Sentence／Sentential／Phrasal Semantics

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Sentence/Sentential/Phrasal Semantics
  • study of phrase/clause/sentence meanings and the semantic relationships between them

Sentential Semantic Relations

Sentential Semantic Relations - Example

  • John went to the park yesterday because he saw hot air balloons taking off from there

Semantic Relations

Graph Representation

  • Agent(John, went)
  • At-Location(went, to the park)
  • At-Time(went, yesterday)
  • Cause(saw, went)
  • Experiencer(He, saw)
  • Stimulus(hot air balloons taking off from there, saw)
  • Value(hot, air)
  • Part-Whole(hot air, balloons)
  • Is-A(hot air balloons, balloons)
  • Theme(hot air balloons, taking off)
  • At-Loc(taking off, from there)