<purpose> characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the text.
Attributes:
type specifies a particular kind of purpose.
Datatype: CDATA
Legal values:
persuade didactic, advertising, propaganda, etc.
express self expression, confessional, etc.
inform convey information, educate, etc.
entertain amuse, entertain, etc.
Default: #IMPLIED
degree specifies the extent to which this purpose predominates.
Datatype: (high | medium | low | unknown)
Legal values:
high this purpose is predominant
medium this purpose is intermediate
low this purpose is weak
unknown extent unknown
Default: #IMPLIED
Example
  <purpose type=persuade degree=high>
  <purpose type=entertain degree=low>
Note
Tagsetauxiliary tag set for corpora and collections
Class
Filenameteicorp2
Content: Usually empty, unless some further clarification of the type attribute is needed, in which case it may contain running prose
ParentstextDesc
Children#PCDATA abbr add address app att c caesura cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del distinct emph expan foreign formula fw geogName gi gloss handShift hi lang link m measure mentioned name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar persName phr placeName ptr ref reg restore rs s seg sic soCalled space supplied tag term time timeRange timeStruct title unclear val w xptr xref
Declaration
<!ELEMENT purpose       - O  (%phrase.seq)                      >
<!ATTLIST purpose            %a.global
          type               CDATA               #IMPLIED
          degree             (high | medium | low | unknown) 
                                                 #IMPLIED       >
See 23.2.1

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