Assertion: utterance | /r/HasProperty | understood
Facets:
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
value: as doing something
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Austin pointed out that we use language to do things as well as to assert things, and that the utterance of a statement like "I promise to do so-and-so" is best understood as doing something — making a promise — rather than making an assertion about anything.
text: There are non-canine species with vocalizations that are sometimes described as barking.