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Concept: Move-Apart

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Superconcept: Action

Definition: Several objects change their location from the same Place, which is the origin. Move-Apart is an Action involving multiple objects that Move the origin. The difference between Move-Apart and Disperse is that Disperse is reflexive and Move-Apart is not.

Required Relationships:

object: the things that move apart
origin: the place where the objects move apart from

Other Common Relationships:

agent: the entity that caused the move apart to occur
destination: the final location of the objects after the move
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:

Move: for each object there is a Move where the origin is the origin of the Move-Apart and the agent is the agent of the Move-Apart.

Subevent Order:

All the Moves occur simultaneously.

Examples:

  1. The officer told Billy and Mike to move away from the car
    object: Billy and Mike
    agent: the officer
    origin: the car
  2. Comment: here "move away from" is translated to "move-apart".

Neighboring Concepts:

Similar to...But different because...
Disperse Disperse is the reflexive version of Move-Apart (i.e. the agent and the object are the same). Its opposite is come-together.
Move-Together Move-Together is the opposite of Move-Apart, and should be used when specifying several objects moving to the same destination.
Come-Together Come-Together is the reflexive version of Move-Together (i.e. the agent and the object are not the same). Its opposite is Disperse.