Class: Commissive

Commissives describe a modification of the world in conformance with the propositional content that has to be done by the speaker itself. A commitment of the sender A conveyed to the receiver B states that A will change the world according to the content he conveyed in the commitment to the receiver B.
intent direction of fit psychological state
commissive things-to-word intention

Example: A promises to inform B on regular basis about XY’s stock price. A offers B to buy shares of XY at a price of 40.

•owl:Thing
        •CommunicativeAct
                •Commissive

Super Classes

CommunicativeAct

Disjoint Classes

Declarative, Directive, Assertion, Expression

Abstract Syntax

Class(Commissive partial CommunicativeAct)

DisjointClasses(Commissive Declarative
                           Directive
                           Assertion
                           Expression)

Usage

Class Description/Definition (Necessary Conditions)

Offer, Promise
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