\begin{tikzpicture} \umlbasicstate[name=state]{I am a state} \umltrans[recursive=0|-80|6cm, name=assoc, recursive direction=right to bottom]{state}{state} \draw (assoc-1) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[above=0.2cm] {relname-1}; \draw (assoc-2) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[right=0.2cm] {relname-2}; \draw (assoc-3) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[right=0.2cm] {relname-3}; \draw (assoc-4) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[right=0.2cm] {relname-4}; \draw (assoc-5) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[above=0.2cm] {relname-5}; \draw (assoc-6) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[left=0.2cm] {relname-6}; \draw (assoc-7) node[fill=black, circle, inner sep=0.1cm] {} node[left=0.2cm] {relname-7}; \end{tikzpicture}