Basic

Configuration

UNI Uniplex

THIS is a mass formed from a set of one element only.

a dog

a person

an angle

use a hammer

a word said

an accident

DPX Duplex

THIS is a mass formed from a set of two elements.

my eyes

It's a pair of shoes.

The two brothers.

A married couple.

It was a ricochet.

He is breathing (in and out).

It's a switch (with “on” and “off” positions).

DCT Discrete

THIS is a mass formed from a set of uniform elements spread in time or space.

a flock of crows

a group of students

a pile of sugar

a series of hits

I made a few steps down the ladder.

I planted the seeds in a row.

AGG Aggregative

THIS is a mass formed from a set of non-uniform elements spread in time or space.

a toolset

The team (with members of different status or duties)

a forest (an aggregate of dissimilar live beings)

a mass of crimes committed today in this city.

SEG Segmentative

THIS is a mass formed from a set of uniform elements linked to each other via some medium.

a spiderweb

a caravan of camels

a jewel bracelet

CPN Componential

THIS is a mass formed from a set of non-uniform elements linked to each other via some medium.

Fruits from a still life painting

a pattern of vocal sounds in one's speech

COH Coherent

THIS is a mass formed from a set of uniform elements mixed with each other forming a new entity.

Lichen (moss+bacteria)

a blurred pattern of circles on the water with several starting points of disturbance

a ball of threads

CST Composite

THIS is a mass formed from a set of non-uniform elements mixed with each other forming a new entity.

• a wooden table
• speech
• jungle
• sandwich

MLT Multiform

THIS is a fuzzy set of elements.

• Kalmykian steppe that fuzzily changes into desert in some places

Affiliation

CSL Consolidative

members of THIS set have no design or purpose and occur non-artificially, naturally as members of THIS set. Individual members of THIS set would use [Consolidative](basic.md#csl-consolidative) and [Uniplex](basic.md#uni-uniplex) thus denoting no inherent purpose.

• a grove
• leaves of the plant
• raindrops from the cloud
• The rock has always been here even before the road was built.
• I turned my head toward the tree and unexpectedly saw something there.

ASO Associative

members of THIS set share the same purpose.

• an orchard
• identical screwdrivers
• But this rock is a road sign.
• I turned my head toward the noise from the tree and saw not a cat as I expected but a crow.

VAR Variative

at least one member of THIS has purposes different from purposes of other members of THIS.

• People of different backgrounds appeared in the same square by chance.
• a mixture of overlapping voices saying different things
• My appearance had several unrelated consequences.

COA Coalescent

members of THIS set have a mutual synergy relationship to each other. Duplex is usually combined with Coalescent.

• a complete toolset for fixing cars
• a seven-course meal
• my eyes
• I worked out a plan of fighting the fire

Perspective

M Monadic

THIS is an entity as a psychologically single whole through time or space even if THIS consists of elements or has inner structure or can change in time or space. For verbs THIS denotes events having at least one part under consideration or in CONTEXT where SPEAKER is present.

• It's a lake.

• The tree grows.

U Unbounded

THIS is an entity where not all of its elements under consideration are in CONTEXT, THIS may be in several separated spatial or temporal intervals, some of which are not accessible in CONTEXT.

• Alice here and The Rabbit there.

• A stump of a tree (what used to be a tree).

N Gnomic

THIS contains all its possible members from all spatial and temporal intervals.

• She is a good sportsperson.

• Gravitation makes all sandwiches fall down.

A Abstract

THIS is an abstraction of events.

• The crucifixion of Jesus considered as a downhill bicycle race.

• The idea of everything having to do with dogs.

• Experience of being a child.

• Dancing.

Extension

DEL Delimitive

THIS is an entity with its spatial or temporal borders and without implying it to have any structure.

Take a car to get there (no parts of the car are in consideration).

He jogs every Sunday (no stages of running are important)

PRX Proximal

THIS is a part/subset/property of THIS-UNDECORATED entity without taking into consideration further parts/subsets/properties of THIS-UNDECORATED. Uses the whole event to denote a part if it (raising).

He hit me in the head.

I used the toilet paper (probably not all of it)

ICP Inceptive

THIS is a closest, beginning border of THIS-UNDECORATED entity (raising).

Alice looked into the rabbit hole.

He came from the forest (the expanse of the forest)

TRM Terminative

THIS is a farthest, terminal, least accessible border of THIS-UNDECORATED entity (raising).

We are out of money.

Finally, he arrived at the hotel.

GRA Graduative

THIS is a closest, beginning border of THIS-UNDECORATED entity (raising) where the border is fuzzy, fades away, or poorly understood.

The darkness that had come in from the Mediterranean covered the city so detested by the procurator.

It became colder and colder.

The new ideas entered the minds of the citizens not out of the blue but gradually over a few decades.

DPL Depletive

THIS is a farthest, terminal, least accessible border of THIS-UNDECORATED entity (raising) where the border is fuzzy, fades away, or poorly understood.

There is not much time left.

The salt dissolved in water.

The music faded away.

The language community died slowly.

They were the last of the Mohicans.

Context

EXS Existential

THIS is THIS-UNDECORATED in its simple existential objective nature. No purpose or in-context value is added.

There were birds and monkeys sitting there (no attitude toward the scene or use of the scene is implied).

FNC Functional

THIS is THIS-UNDECORATED as viewed personally important or within social CONTEXT in its purpose, value, or attitude towards it.

And here came the cattle, the one I had taken care of a lot.

There were birds there, and the birds were what I had expected to see to take a photo of them and maybe catch one.

There were birds sitting there, and since they were sitting, there would be no danger to me to be there either.

RPS Representational

THIS is a symbol having the same meaning as THIS-UNDECORATED through a metaphorical transfer or raising.

White collars demand a lot.

The Kremlin is curious about the situation in Kalmykia.

They still sleep together (i.e., they still love or have intercourse).

AMG Amalgamative

THIS is THIS-UNDECORATED in the totality of the history, historical attitude, and use of THIS concept.

There were apes over there (so apes could live there, that place was suitable for the nature of apes).

The blue sky is the place into which my caged bird flew away (and the blue expanse of the sky is the haven of birds, etc.).

I like theater (which all started in Ancient Greece and is so much revered all across the globe, etc.).

Designation

IFL Informal

THIS is an in-place understanding of THIS-UNDECORATED.

FML Formal

THIS is a permanent understanding of THIS-UNDECORATED.

Comparison

IFL: revered thing, FML: idol

IFL: eat, FML: have a meal

IFL: tools, FML: equipment

IFL: pit, FML: moat

IFL: pit where water persists, FML: water reservoir

IFL: success, FML: prosperity

Essence

Essence creates mental scopes or labels.

1. The rabbit that ran away from Alice didn't run away from Alice.

2. In fact, the Rabbit had his own business and was just in a hurry passing by.

The sentence 1. in isolation is self-contradicting.

The woman you can see is a man.

What you describe-as/imagine-to-be a woman is a man.

The wall around the neighboring city is high.

The wall around the neighboring city is said to be high. I assume it's high.

NRM Normal

THIS is really what THIS-UNDECORATED means in global CONTEXT. Real-world entity, what really is ...

You are coming.

[?] ju'a

If understood as labeling then su'o lo [VERB] or da poi [CLAUSE] is to be used.

RPV Representative

THIS is described as THIS-UNDECORATED. Scoped entity.

You must come to the party (but haven't yet).

Do you want to play?

The party is expected to be great.

Possibly scoped subgraph labeled by da'i/se'o or other UI. ti'e, ba'a, ja'o can be used for describing unexperienced features

[?] ju'anai might work sometimes.

If understood as labeling then le [VERB] or ko'a voi [CLAUSE] is to be used.