Relation rst#purpose (pm#description_content/medium/container,pm#description_content/medium/container) situation that the described action is intended to reach
exclusion: rst#volitional_cause rst#non-volitional_cause
supertype: rst#cause (pm#description_content/medium/container,pm#description_content/medium/container) not a subtype of pm#cause since pm#cause connects situations
supertype: rst#subject_matter_rhetorical_relation (pm#description_content/medium/container,pm#description_content/medium/container) connect to details for making a better description
supertype: pm#rhetorical_relation (pm#description_content/medium/container,pm#description_content/medium/container) main sources: the Rhetorical Structure Theory (RST) and the PENMAN ontology; DO NOT USE such fuzzy relations: instead, use relations from/to situations!
supertype: pm#relation_from_description_content/medium/container (pm#description_content/medium/container,*)
supertype: pm#relation_from/to_thing_of_common_kind (*) this type permits to categorize relations according to their signatures and hence offers (i) a concise way to set essential exclusion relations, and (ii) a systematic and easy-to-follow categorization
>part of: pm#relation__related_thing__relatedthing___related_with type for any relation (unary, binary, ..., *-ary) and instance of pm#relation_type
supertype: pm#purpose (?,?)
supertype: pm#attributive_relation__attributiverelation (*) like pm#binary_relation, this type mostly exists to categorize what cannot be categorized elsewhere
supertype: pm#relation_playing_a_special_role (*) this type permits to categorize relations according to their roles ; this is a traditional but quite subjective way of categorizing relations
>part of: pm#relation__related_thing__relatedthing___related_with type for any relation (unary, binary, ..., *-ary) and instance of pm#relation_type
supertype: pm#why_relation__whyrelation (*)
supertype: pm#wh-/how_relation (*) this type permits to categorize relations according to the usual who/what/why/where/when/how questions ; this is a traditional but very subjective and ineffective way of categorizing relations
>part of: pm#relation__related_thing__relatedthing___related_with type for any relation (unary, binary, ..., *-ary) and instance of pm#relation_type