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Usually, as we see in these examples (free translation in the brackets), the preposition 'under' usually indicates a relationship of inferiority of the located object to the reference object


Under en stein i skogen er og var Tron Øgrims (1947-2007) hemmelige datasted

(' Under a rock in the woods is, and was, Tron Øgrim's (1947-2007) secret computerplace)

Venstre går kraftig tilbake og havner under sperregrensen i en ny meningsmåling

('Venstre is having a major setback, and ends up under the bottom line in a new survey')


However, as we see in the following example, 'under' can also be used as a preposition to place an event within a certain time period

Lokket med kyss under hans bursdagsfeiring.
Lokket
lokket
temptedPAST
V
med
med
with
PREP
kyss
kyss
kissSG
N
under
under
under
PREP
hans
hans
his3SG
PNposs
bursdagsfeiring
bursdagsfeiring
birthdaycelebrationSG
N


Norge låg under Sverige
Norge
norge
Norway
N
låg
låg
PAST
V
under
under
under
PREP
Sverige
sverige
Sweden
N
pænnã ligg pundi bokjin
pænnã
pænnã
pentheNOM
N
ligg
ligg
liesPRES
V
pundi
pundi
under
PREP
bokjin
bokjin
booktheDAT
N