. . . . . . . . . . . . . . "A Duty is imposed on a Responsible_party according to a Principle which regulates how the Responsible_party should respond to a Situation. The Situation may be expressed metonymically by reference to an Obligator, whose action invokes the Principle. It is only rarely the case that the Principle and the Situation/Obligator are both expressed overtly. They escaped total Soviet invasion and occupation only by entering into a separate agreement that obligated them to military action against the retreating German armies. The lease agreements bound them to make rent payments to Homeowners Rescue. It was also discovered that with out her knowledge, he had committed her to a new TV series and he had already taken an advance on the money. The Generality's invitation to give a conference on the theme obligated me to study Gaudí's work even more."@en . . . . . . "1494"^^ . "Imposing_obligation" . "2005-06-13T14:32:59+02:00"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . .