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

6. Mary gave John the book.

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

8. Mary will give John the book.

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

10. Mary will give John the book tomorrow.

11. John ATRANSBook o R f to from Mary tomorrow modifier

12. John went to the kitchen.

13. PTRANSJohn o D P Kitchen John Change in location

14. John smoked a cigarette.

15. cigarette INGESTsmoke o R P to from John

16. Smoking can give you cancer.

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

18. John threw the book at Mary.

19. PROPELBook o D P Mary John

20. MTRANSPunish o D P Mary John

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

22. John ATRANSBook o R P to from Mary Jane MTRANS o R P to from Mary