Glossary

Biological sex

  • Biological sex:
    • => traditionally known.
    • Female, male
    • XML-TEI example: 
              <category xml:id="biologicalSex">
          <category xml:id="female_Sx"/>
        <category/>

Context

  • Context
    • => in which the action takes place.
    • Subcategories: ritual, battle, single combat, assembly, prayer, feast, wedding, burial, seduction, meeting, complaint, lawsuit, threat, revenge, visit, unknown (unknown_C), broken context (B_ctx_C).
    • XML-TEI example: 
            <category xml:id="context">
        <category xml:id="ritual"/>
      </category>

Role

  • Role:
    • => of the animated entity
    • Subcategories: active, passive, both Active (animated entities X and Y)
    • XML-TEI example: 
             <category xml:id="role">
         <category xml:id="active"/>
       <category/>

Sphere

  • Sphere
    • => where the event takes place, inside or outside the household.
    • Subcategories: inside, outside, unknown (unknown_S), broken context (B_ctx_S).
    • XMT-TEI example:
             <category xml:id="sphere">
         <category xml:id="inside"/>
       </category>

Verbal semantic

  • Verbal semantic
    • Taxonomy: action
      Note: The current research is on the animated entities, but of course the same structure can be apply to other taxonomies.
      • Subtaxonomies: movement, agression, confrontation,destruction, displacement, put together
      • XLM-TEI example: 
                 <category xml:id="semantic">
           <category xml:id="action">
             <category xml:id="destruction">
           </category>    
         </category>