Learn UNLWS from examples

Proof of concept (work in progress, expect mistakes)

This page uses images from o kama sona e sitelen pona kepeken sitelen by jan Tepu that were made using Icograms Designer. Adapted to UNLWS by jan Talisoso.

A person.

This doesn't communicate clearly that the direction of the glyph is unimportant and that the glyph has a binding point, instead of the glyph itself referring to a person (but this can maybe be understood from later examples).

A cat.

ditto

A person sees a cat.

Visual domain emblem isn't necessary but it plays into later examples

A person sees something
A cat is next to a bird. This is a cat.

It might be a bit strange to express ni (this, that) with the form quote. I think this example could roughly be translated as "A cat looks like this (pointing to an illustration of a cat)"

A cat is next to a bird. This is a bird.
This is one creature.
These are two creatures.

Might be worth mentioning that "group of two" can be expressed with a stack and group.

These are three creatures.
These are many creatures.
There are 2 creatures. There are 3 creatures. There are 5 creatures. There are 7 creatures.
There are 2 times 3 creatures.
There are 3 things.
There are 3 to the power 2 things.
There are 3 to the power 3 things.
A person is petting a dog. The person feels the dog.

The original sentence "jan li pilin e soweli" is quite intuitive, but "perceive by touch" feels very strange, but I couldn't come up with a more intuitive translation.

A bird is singing. A person hears the bird's song.
A table. This is a flat surface.

Not sure what property of "table" is most important to show in these examples.

A cat is on a table.
A cat is by a table.
These are women.
These are men.
A woman sees a dog. A man sees a dog.
A woman sees a dog. A man sees the same dog.
A woman and a man see a dog and a bird respectively.
A person creates a painting. The thing that the person creates looks the same as a dog.
These are many tools.

This use of the tool glyph to describe using static appliances (and not ones that "can come to feel as an extension of one's body") isn't ideal.

A person holds a lamp which is a tool.

Iffy how this uses two related glyphs, roughly manipulate and manipulate in order to.

Two people each hold a piece of a lamp.
Two similar dogs.
Two different animals: a cat and a horse.
A medium sized dog, a small kettle and a tall person.
A bird is very big.
One creature is on a table. Two creatures are not on the table.

This is not the standard way of using number glyphs, I doubt it's correct.

All of the creatures are on a table.

This might not be clear as to what the article means and technically doesn't match the definition... Could there be limited contexts where you know that for example "There are only 3 salient creatures. They are all on the table, therefore the universal article can be used."?

A cat is on top of a table.
A cat is next to a table.

And I'm just generally unsure of this example (I haven't used gravity markers).

A cat is under a table.
A person is standing on the ground.
A man sees a hole in the ground.
A man sees a woman in a hole in the ground.
A man is far from a woman. The woman is far from the man.

Is the is far from glyph deprecated?

A man is near a woman. The woman is near the man. They are near each other.
A man says to a woman "A dog is big."
A man speaks a little.
A woman speaks a moderate amount.
A woman says "I am with a dog." This is true.

A bit too complex, too many new things.

A man says "I am with a bird." This is not true.

ditto

A person digs a hole in the ground.
A person is sad.
A person is excited.
A person harms a dog.

The extent of this glyph isn't clear here.

A woman created something that makes a man excited.
Two fish are alive, another fish is not.

This whole example is very strange, feedback would be appreciated!

A cat harms a fish, causing it to stop being alive.

Also quite iffy and not drawn nicely.

A man thinks that a woman is in a hole in the ground.

Mayhaps it would be better to somehow bind to a cartouche, since the image doesn't explicitly show which rel the man is thinking about, just the situation as a whole.

A man sees a woman in a hole in the ground. This causes the man to know that the woman is in a hole in the ground.

ditto

A person holds a cake.
A person thinks it would be good if they held a cake.

Good and/or think should have been introduced earlier.

A man can see a dog. A woman can not see the same dog. The woman is on the opposite side of a wall from the man and dog.
A man sees a clock. Later a woman sees the same clock.
Panel 1: A person begins digging a hole in the ground. Panel 2: A person has been digging a hole in the ground for a short time. Panel 3: A person has been digging a hole in the ground for a longer while and is finishing. Panel 4: A person dug a hole in the ground.

The second to last or last image might be redundant and/or unclear.

A person is moving towards a dog.
Panel 1: A man sees that a dog is next to a hole. Panel 2: Later a woman asks the man "Where is a dog" Panel 3: The man replies "A dog is next to hole"