Class: DoingAndHappening
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- rdfs:comment "A Configuration that requires the input of energy usually from one of the participants. It also involves change over time, such as circumstantial change, qualitative change, or change in possession (HM 1999: 132).
DoingANDHappening includes both intentional actions, i.e. actions with a volitional actor, e.g. ``The mouse ran up the clock'' and happenings, such as Erosion and Disintegration, e.g. ``The wall came tumbling down.'' The role of this relation is: Actor. This should be value-restricted to simplethings excluding things created by mental processing (e.g. facts) and speech (direct or indirect). Material actions which are in the process of occurring are typically expressed in the present progressive tense. Compare the following: ``My watch says it is 4:30pm.'' vs. ``Henry is going to the market.'' Thus, a test for determining whether a concept falls into this category is to look at the natural way of expressing the concept. For example, ``The house collapses'' (nonprogressive) vs. ``The house is collapsing'' (progressive)."(xsd:string)