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Concept: Come-Together

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Superconcept: Action

Definition: Several objects change their own location to the same Place, which is the destination. Come-Together is an Action involving multiple objects that Go-To the destination.

Required Relationships:

object: the things that move together
destination: the place where the objects come together

Other Common Relationships:

agent: Each object that comes together does so under its own power. As a result, the agent and the object are the same.
path: the Place which the objects move along. Typically, this is an object or surface along which the objects are moving
toward: the location toward which the objects move. Unlike the destination, the objects need not reach this Place, but they may
away-from: the location that the objects move away from. Unlike the origin, the objects need not start at this Place, but they may

Subevents:

Go-To: for each object there is a Go-To where the destination is the destination of the Come-Together

Subevent Order:

All the Go-Tos occur simultaneously.

Examples:

  1. The boy and his date met at the park
    object: the boy and his date
    agent: the boy and his date
    destination: the park
  2. Comment: Here "met" is translated to "come-together" involving the boy and his date.

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Move-Together Move-Together is the non-reflexive version of Come-Together (i.e. the objects that move together are not necessarily acting by their own volition. Rather, the agent causes the objects to move). Its opposite is Move-Apart.
Disperse Disperse is the opposite of Come-Together, and should be used when specifying several objects leaving some place by their own volition.
Move-Apart Move-Apart is the non-reflexive version of Disperse (i.e. the objects that move apart are not necessarily acting by their own volition.) Its opposite is Move-Together.