Skrivesenter:Discourse Senses Reduced

Sense tags and their meanings

Sense tag	Meaning	Descriptive Definition	Example
ASS	assert	Introduces a (new) topic, normally to be developed in the following sequence	Jeg og vennene mine driver med blogg.
COM	compare	Point out similarity or points of correspondence between two states, events, ideas, objects or statements	(Jeg tror at barna hadde det fint) men ikke like fint som vi har det i dag
ASSdesc	assert through description	Introduce a new setting, character or atmosphere of a narrative	Det var morgen. (Morten våknet til en ny dag...)
ASSnar	assert through narration	Introduce a new narrative event or action that is not causally or hyponymically related to a previous event or action	(nytt avsnitt:)Morten gikk ut av teltet og bort til bålet.
CONCES	concession		(Vi hadde det bra i hula) selv om det var lite mat noen ganger
COND	condition		Når man går går på skulen, lærer ein å lese, skrive, rekne...
CAUS	cause	Identify the external cause of an event or evaluation. To be distinguished from reason or purpose	(Det er bra å gå på skule) for da får dei vener (og da...)
CONCLD	conclude	Draw a logical conclusion on the basis of previously presented premises
EVAL	evaluate	Make a value judgement, state an opinion or indicate a preference. Also used to indicate the significance of an object, idea or event previously introduced	(Alle skal få ein utdanning), og det er bra at barn går på skule...
META	meta-statement	Make a statement about the text itself	Nå skal jeg svare på spørsmålene dine!
QUE	question	Ask a question that will be answered in a following unit.	Hva ville du gjort? (Valgt en venn som...)
RESULT	result	Indicate an effect, outcome, result or consequence	(Pappa og mamma jobber så mye) så jeg er ofte alene hjemme
SUM	summarise	Make a statement that summarises previous, more specific statements, without drawing logical conclusions (vs. conclude)	Ja, det var det jeg gjør på dataen.
CONT	contrast	Point out difference(s) between two events, objects or ideas, openly signalled or inferred	(FNs barnekomvensjon har bestemt at barn skal få gå på skulen). Det er 75 mill som ikkje får skulegang. [inferred contrast]
DIS	disjunction
PURP	purpose
GEN	generalise	Make a more general statement that builds on/includes previous specific statements
LIST	list		<how is this tag different from Conjunction? NP list here, or clause list?
PRES	precedence		<hov is tis different from ASSnarr or SEQ?
REASON	reason	Indicate the internal reason of an animate subject for some (course of) action or inference	Jeg var sint (så jeg ville ikke snakke med henne)
RESTATE	restate	Rephrase or repeat a a previous assertion at approximately the same level of generality
SEQ	sequence temporally	Indicate the temporal unfolding of a sequence of events or actions
SPEC	specify	enumerate specific facts or details	(Jeg og vennene mine driver med blogg.) Blogg er en nettside om meg selv.
REACT	physical or mental actions	Indicates physical or mental actions or change of states of animates which result from previously introduced actions, events or states. REACT is differentiated from RESULT by being open to choice or idiosyncracy
RESP	respond	Reply to a question in dialogue (direct, indirect or inferred)
N-FUNC	non-functional