CHWP A.25 McCarty, “Depth, Markup and Modelling”

Figure 3:
A simple ontology

Abstract

e.g. fortuna “fortune”

Insubstantial

e.g. umbra “shade”; manes “dead souls”

Nonliving static

e.g. terra “earth”; saxum “stone”

Nonliving mobile

e.g. amnis “river”; aura “breeze”

Living not sentient

e.g. flos “flower”; arbor “tree”

Sentient subhuman

e.g. fera “beast”; serpens “serpent”