purpose

<purpose>

<purpose> characterizes a single purpose or communicative function of the text. 15.2.1 The Text Description

Module

corpus — 15 Language Corpora

Attributes

In addition to global attributes

type

specifies a particular kind of purpose.

Status

Optional

Datatype

<rng:ref name="data.enumerated"/>

data.enumerated

Suggested values include:

persuade	didactic, advertising, propaganda, etc.
express	self expression, confessional, etc.
inform	convey information, educate, etc.
entertain	amuse, entertain, etc.

degree

specifies the extent to which this purpose predominates.

Status	Optional
Datatype	<rng:ref name="data.certainty"/> data.certainty
Note	Values should be interpreted as follows. high this purpose is predominant medium this purpose is intermediate low this purpose is weak unknown extent unknown

Declaration

<rng:element name="purpose">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="type">
   <rng:choice>
    <rng:value>persuade</rng:value>
    <rng:value>express</rng:value>
    <rng:value>inform</rng:value>
    <rng:value>entertain</rng:value>
    <rng:data type="Name"/>
   </rng:choice>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:optional>
  <rng:attribute name="degree">
   <rng:ref name="data.certainty"/>
  </rng:attribute>
 </rng:optional>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq.limited"/>
</rng:element>

element purpose
{
   att.global.attributes,
   attribute type
   {
      "persuade" | "express" | "inform" | "entertain" | xsd:Name
   }?,
   attribute degree { data.certainty }?,
   macro.phraseSeq.limited
}

Example