# KEHOME/knowledge/theory/NaturalSemanticMetalanguage/NSMvsMKR.html # Oct/19/2003
NSM category | NSM prime | MKR concept | MKR category |
substantives |
I YOU SOMEONE SOMETHING/THING PEOPLE/PERSON |
I you someone something person |
variable-pronoun variable-pronoun variable-pronoun variable-pronoun entity-ANIMAL |
determiners |
THIS THE SAME OTHER/ELSE |
the is not is |
quantifier verb-alias verb-alias |
quantifiers |
ONE TWO ALL MANY/MUCH SOME - |
a,any - all - some no |
quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier quantifier |
mental predicates |
WANT FEEL THINK KNOW - SEE HEAR - - - |
want feel think know believe see hear touch taste smell |
action-mental action-mental action-mental action-mental action-mental action-sense action-sense action-sense action-sense action-sense |
speech |
SAY WORD |
say word |
action-mental OBJECT-symbol |
actions, events, movement |
DO HAPPEN MOVE |
do...with...out...od...from...to...done ...do...od...done move |
verb-action verb-action action |
existence |
THERE IS - - |
- existent nonexistent |
- existent nonexistent |
life |
LIVE DIE |
live die |
action action |
evaluators, descriptors |
GOOD BAD BIG SMALL |
good bad big small |
attribute-emotion attribute-emotion attribute-size attribute-size |
time |
WHEN/TIME NOW BEFORE AFTER A LONG TIME A SHORT TIME FOR SOME TIME |
? now before after long short some |
variable-question attribute-time verb-time verb-time attribute-duration attribute-duration attribute-duration |
space |
WHERE/PLACE HERE ABOVE BELOW NEAR FAR SIDE INSIDE - |
? here above below near far beside inside outside |
variable-question attribute-space verb-space verb-space attribute-distance attribute-distance verb-space verb-space verb-space |
logical concepts |
NOT MAYBE IF CAN BECAUSE - - - |
not,non maybe if ... then ... else ... fi do*...with...out...od...from...to...done because/causes and,or is ... of ... with ... means/isref |
complement view control-conditional verb-action conjunction-causality conjunction verb-definition conjunction-symbol |
intensifier, augmentor |
VERY MORE |
very more |
quantifier-attribute quantifier-attribute |
taxonomy, partonomy |
KIND OF PART OF - - - - |
isa/iss/isu/isc/isg/isp isapart/haspart group ismem/isall isalt/isany begin ... end |
verb-hierarchy verb-part OBJECT-abstract verb-inclusive verb-exclusive control-definition |
similarity |
LIKE |
like |
conjunction |
- |
- - - - - - - - - |
purpose has rel,isin every method script [ ... , ... ] { ... ; ... ; } at space= ... time= ... view= ... |
attribute verb-attribute verb-relation control-iteration action-method interaction phrase list proposition list context |