4.8 FMT  (Range : from-to)
Definition:  Fmt defines a range between two things

Relation “fmt” is used for case like “from A to Z” which expresses a range of distance, weight, length, degree, etc. and modifies a thing (nominal concept). "fmt" links “A” and “Z”, the direction is from "A" to "Z". Since there is "a relation from" and "a relation to" in this UNL expression, to connect this part with others in a sentence, it is necessary to place this part inside a scope and connect the scope with others.

Example 1

Example 2

Comments on Example 1 & 2

If either information of "from" and "to" is omitted like "a ticket from Tokyo", the omitted information should be completed using null UW "". Example 3 shows the UNL expression for "a ticket from Tokyo".

Example 3

Example 4

The following shows a different example that relation "fmt" is not used. For a verbal concept such as "move", "go", or "fly", etc., relations "plf" and "plt" are used for expressing the place that the event begins and the other place that the event ends. 

Example 5

Difference with "frm" and "to". "frm" means the origin in the sense that something comes from some place and "to" refers to the destination of that something.

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