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The following symbolic representation of the fabula will make clear the difference between various propositions outlining different possible worlds. The symbolization of the states of the fabula takes for granted all the results of semantic disclosures and inferences occurring at the level of the plot, or of the discoursive structures.
The following symbols will be used:
Individuals
r = Raoul;
m = Marguerite;
t = Templar;
p = Pirogue;
b = the place where the ball takes place (Moulin Rouge);
x1 = the supposed lover of Marguerite;
x2 = the supposed mistress of Raoul.
Epistemic and Doxastic Operators
B = believes (BrPi = Raoul believes that Pi is the case);
K = knows (KrPi = Raoul knows that Pi is the case);
W = wants (WrPi = Raoul wants Pi to be the case);
A = asserts (ArPi = Raoul asserts that Pi is the case).
World Structures
WNsi = states of the fabula (the progression of states representing a progression in time);
WNcsi = possible worlds outlined by the characters;
WRsi = possible worlds outlined by the reader;
WRcsi = possible worlds of characters' propositional attitudes imagined in the possible world of the reader;
WRccsi = possible worlds of characters' propositional attitudes as imagined in the possible world of another character's propositional attitudes imagined in the possible world of the reader.
S-necessary Relations
M = to be identified by a reciprocal relation of marriage;
L = to be identified by a reciprocal relation of love;
J = to be identified by a reciprocal relation of jealousy;
E = to be identified by a reciprocal relation of encounter in a given place.
Nonrelational Predicates
G = to go to the ball;
D = to go to Dunkirk;
H = to go to aunt Aspasia's home;
S = to show stupor;
~K = not to recognize.

 
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