Objective variables

Note:

XPath: /teiCorpus/TEI/teiHeader/encodingDesc/classDecl/taxonomy
TEI-XML elements: taxonomy|category|gloss
TEI-XML attributes: @xml:id
Values: objectiveData|CATEGORY|SUBCATEGORY
Ontology:
- OntoMedia module: Trait (characteristics), rdf:ID="Genetic-sex"
Schema of objective variables ➟

They are several variables (<category>) which provide relevant information on the character's acting (primary data): verb category, sphere, context, role, genetic-sex, which follow the same semantic frame for marking up a type of taxonomy:

<taxonomy xml:id="objectiveVar" ana="#taxonomies">
    <category xml:id="NAME OF A VARIABLE"/>
    <category xml:id="NAME OF A SUBVARIABLE"/>
</taxonomy>

Note: a variable = category or taxonomy. A subvariable = subcategory or subtaxonomy.

➤ Each @xml:id from <taxonomy> ➞ <category>[1], and <taxonomy> ➞ <category>[1] ➞ <category>[2] will be use in R.

Verb category (= action category)

For the semantic type of the lexicon verb — semantics categories are the ones used by the lexical database WordNet, semantics correspondance come from both WordNet and VerbNet and for checking the relation between concept, BabelNet and FrameNet ¹. It goes without saying that variation of ugaritic meaning will be analyzed within the hermeneutics argumentation².
- Semantics categories of: bodily functions and care (verb.body), cognition (verb.cognition), communication (verb.communication), competition (verb.competition), consumpution (verb.consumpution), contact (verb.contact), creation (verb.creation), emotion (verb.emotion), motion (verb.motion),perception (verb.perception), possession (verb.possession), social (verb.social), stative (verb.stative)

Category <category>[1] ➞ @xml:id TAXO: verb.contact

Subcategories (still under development as the transciption moves forward), <category>[2], @xml:id subTAXO: i.e. attaching (for TAXO verb contact)
- with gloss to refer to a subcategory within transcription, <category>[3] ➞ <gloss> , @xml:id verb's “infinitive” form

TEI-XML example:

<category xml:id="verb.category" ana="#objectiveVar #action">
  <catDesc xml:lang="en">According to WordNet lexical database</catDesc>
  <!-- example -->
  <category n="6" xml:id="verb.contact" ana="#verb.category #action"> 
    <catDesc>taxonomy: verbs of contact (WordNet[35])</catDesc>
    <category n="1" xml:id="attaching" ana="#verb.contact">                   
      <catDesc>subcategory of contact's verb: attaching (according to FrameNet) 
        <term ana="#ʿtk01 #šns01" type="baseForm">
          <ptr n="1" target="https://framenet2.icsi.berkeley.edu/fnReports/data/frameIndex.xml?frame=Attaching" source="FrameNet"/>
          <ptr n="2" target="http://live.babelnet.org/synset?word=bn:00083498v" source="BabelNet"/>
          <ptr n="3" target="http://wordnet-rdf.princeton.edu/id/01289516-v" />
        </term>    
      </catDesc> 
      <category ana="#verb.contact #attaching" xml:lang="uga">
        <gloss n="1" xml:id="ʿtk01" target="../uga/verb.html#ʿtk"/><!-- within transcription, i.e.: <w pos="verb" ana="#ʿtk #verb.contact #attaching #ANT" xml:id="ktu1-3_ii_l11b-12a_ʿtkt">ʿtkt</w> -->
        <gloss n="2" xml:id="šns01" target="./uga/verb.html#šns"/><!-- within transcription, i.e.: <w pos="verb" ana="#šns #verb.contact #attaching #ANT" xml:id="ktu1-3_ii_l12b-13a_šnst">šnst</w> -->    
        […]
     </category>
     […]
   </category>

Result
- ➯ result of the action.
- Subcategories <category> ➞ @xml:id — non-exhaustive listing: death of the Opponent (death_ofOpponent), Injury of the opponent (injury_ofOpponent), trauma, defeate of the opposition (defeate_ofOpposition), deportation, regaining strength (regainingStrength), take over the throne (take_overThrone), unknown (unknown_R), broken context (B_ctx_R).
- Note: the result can be seen in the lines following the current action; an explaination is given within <note>, and referenced to @ana. Example within interpretation
- TEI-XML example:
```
<category xml:id="result" ana="#objectiveVar">
    <category xml:id="death_ofOpponent"/>
</category> 
```
Context
- ➯ in which the action takes place.
- Subcategories <category> ➞ @xml:id — non-exhaustive listing: assembly, battle, burial, care (can be used with another context), feast, hunting, landscaping project, lawsuit, maintenance, ritual, single combat, trade, visit, wedding, unknown (unknown_C), broken context (B_ctx_C).
- TEI-XML example:
```
<category xml:id="context" ana="#objectiveVar">
    <category xml:id="ritual"/>
</category> 
```
Sphere
- ➯ where the event takes place, inside or outside the household.
- Subcategories <category> ➞ @xml:id: inside, outside, unknown (unknown_S), broken context (B_ctx_S).
- TEI-XML example:
```
<category xml:id="sphere" ana="#objectiveVar">
    <category xml:id="inside"/>
</category>
```
Role
- ➯ of the animated entity (= Being)
- Subcategories <category> ➞ @xml:id: active, passive, both Active (animated entities X and Y)
- TEI-XML example:
```
<category xml:id="role" ana="#objectiveVar">
    <category xml:id="active"/>
<category/>      
```
Genetic sex
- ➯ traditionally known (or assumed by tradition).
- Subcategories <category> ➞ @xml:id: Female, Male, unknown
- TEI-XML example:
```
<category xml:id="Genetic-sex" ana="#objectiveVar">
    <category xml:id="Female"/>
<category/>
```

¹ Of course, the interpretation of their content in the current guidelines relies on my own responsibility.

² A specific dictionary of semantics for ancient Near Eastern languages is under development in TEI-XML, with Ugaritic language for the experimental development