A man standing next to a large plate.
Nothing is near the man.
If a man is standing next to a large plate he is near something, not nothing.
exists e1 s1 x1 x2 x3.(a_topic(x1) & to(e1,x3) & n_plate(x3) & a_large(s1) & Theme(s1,x3) & r_next(e1) & Actor(e1,x2) & v_stand(e1) & (x1 = x2) & n_man(x1))
exists x2.(n_man(x2) & -exists p1 x1.(near(x1,x2) & n_thing(x1)))