Original framework Goal express thanks, compliment, excuse, ask a favour, ask information, ask advice, admonish, inform, remember, persuade, order, allow, invite Topic business, literature, domestic affairs, love, death, news, religion/ethics Revised framework Goal prompt for action, honour, help, inform, keeping contact, ask for reply Topic political work, literary work, current events, social circle A first observation is that the number of categories for goal and topic (see Table 1) is large and the boundaries of the categories are not always clear.
a new division is proposed with a smaller number of categories, where several closely related categories have been grouped together.