Перед нами стол. На столе стакан и вилка....

Before us is a table. On the table is a glass and a fork. What are they doing? A glass is standing, and a fork is lying. If we stick the plug in the countertop, the plug will stand. Those. are vertical objects, but are horizontal? Add a plate and a pan to the table. They seem to be horizontal, but stand on the table. Now put the plate in the pan. There she lies, but stood on the table. Maybe there are items ready for use? No, the plug was ready when she lay. Now a cat climbs onto the table. She can stand, sit and lie. If in terms of standing and lying, it somehow creeps into the “vertical-horizontal” logic, then sitting is a new property. She is sitting on the pope. Now a bird has sat on the table. She sits on the table, but sits on her feet, not on the pope. Although it seems to be standing. But she cannot stand at all. But if we kill the poor bird and make a scarecrow, it will stand on the table. It may seem that sitting is an attribute of the living, but the boot also sits on the leg, although it is not alive and has no priests. So, go and understand what is standing, what is lying, and what is sitting. And we are still surprised that foreigners find our language difficult and compare with Chinese. :)