Index Of Subjects

Situation

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#1

More complex clauses based on action verbs model changes to the state of something in focus. The simplest situation type here is the event - effectively a before and after model of the changes. It may or may not be a goal driven change.

Process models may involve several intermediate events and stages of changes. They may be goal-driven or not, but unlike an event, they also may have no Punctual end points, or may recur, as in the cases of Evolution or Rotation.

Activity models involve many Events and (sub)Processes, and may resemble either. Most quickly become so complex they lose meaning except as aggregations, often used as settings. Examples are Fishing or Ship Building, both of which could be portrayed (with effort) as a open set of instances for some prototypical process type(s).

• State = of Aspect: Property (to have) or Relation (to be)
• Event = a set of non-progressive punctual state changes: Goal/-
• Process = a progression of Events sharing participants: Punc/-
• Activity = a set of Processes and/or Events: Goal/- Punc/- Prog/-

To-Do

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#2

• Doing = 1: a whole, with facets plus Parts 2-8 and Causes
• Focus = 1,N: those things being most directly changed
• Actor = 1,N: the initiator of the actions on the focus
• Locus = 0,N: mental or spatial location(s) of the action
• Means = 0,N: whatever facilitated or enabled the action
• Party = 0,N: sentients closely related to the changes
• Timing = 1: temporal location or model of the action
• Stages = 0,N: scoped subgraphs of participant states
• Causes = 0,N: subgraphs or situations deemed causal

At least, that is roughly the process that seems to be followed by English speakers as a body, who can generally follow these rules enough to make accurate, practical guesses about the semantic implications of such names. Software, of course, needs the actual supertypes, but at least these rules provide a kind of order on naming.

To-Think

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#3

• Thinking = 1: a whole - generalized guessing, feeling, reason, etc.
• Thoughts = 1,N: a Focus - here involving mental models, ideas, etc.
• Thinker = 1: an EXPR - who experiencing the related mental changes
• Subject = 1: ako Locus; the real thing being mentally modeled
• Means = 0,N: any percepts, skills, talents aiding the Thinker

To-Say

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#4

• Saying = 1: creating a Description of some specific Thoughts
• Description = 1: ako Focus; a rendering of the Thinker's Thoughts
• Speaker = 1: an Actor generating the Description of the Thoughts
• Subject = 1: a Locus; the real thing being symbolically Described
• Symbology = 1,N: a Means - the language expressing the Description
• Medium = 1,N: a Means - the artifact(s) in which Symbology rendered
• Thinker = 1: a Party - did the original Thinking (maybe = Speaker)
• Audience = 1,N: ako Party; sentient(s) for which Description intended

To-Own

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#5

• Owning = 1: ako mental state involving a transferrable Title
• Owned = 1: ako Theme ako Focus; a thing which the Owner controls
• Owner = 1,N: ako Experiencer ako Party; the sentient(s) owning it
• Title = 0,1: ako Instrument giving rights of control to owner(s)

To-Pay

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#6

• Paying = 1: event shifting Title of a Payment from Payer to Payee
• Payment = 1: a Theme; a thing with value to both Payer and Payee
• Payer = 1,N: an Agent who was Owner of the Payment before the event
• Payee = 1,N: a Recipient ako Party who becomes Owner of the Payment
• Source = 0,1: some Origin ako Locus originally holding the Payment
• Target = 0,1: some Dest ako Locus to which the Payment is moved
• Purpose = 1,N: a situation the reason for the Paying ment

To-Sell

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#7

• Selling = 1: state change from Seller owing Purchase to Buyer owning it
• Purchase = 1: ako Theme for the To-Sell; also the Owned in both ownings
• Seller = 1: an Agent in the Selling; ako Dest for the Paying event
• Paying = 1: a transfer of the Price as a Payment from Buyer to Seller
• Buyer = 1: ako Agent for the Paying event; ako Owner in the new To-Own
• Price = 1: ako Instrument in the To-Sell; ako Focus in the Paying event
• Title = 1: ako Result in To-Sell, new To-Own; ako Patient in old To-Own

To-Buy

Published Subject Identifier: http://www.lexikos.com/psi/ctm/situation/#8

• Buying = 1: transfer of state change Seller owing Purchase to Buyer owning it
• Purchase = 1: ako Theme for the To-Buy; also the Owned in both ownings
• Seller = 1: ako Source for Title & Purchase; ako Dest for Paying event
• Paying = 1: a transfer of the Price as a Payment from Buyer to Seller
• Buyer = 1: ako Agent for the Paying event; ako Owner in the new To-Own
• Price = 1: ako Instrument in the To-Buy; ako Focus in the Paying event
• Title = 1: ako Result in To-Buy, new To-Own; ako Patient in old To-Own