One of the schematic categories in the configurational system. Pattern of distribution relates to how matter is distributed through space, or how action is distributed through time. This category is illustrated in Table 10 by action through time as encoded by verbs.

These patterns can be explained as follows. While dying represents a change of state from which its participant cannot emerge, falling represents a change of state from which its participant can emerge (if you fall you can get up again). If a light flashes, it goes from dark to light and back to dark again, which represents a cyclical change of state. Repeating the cycle is not an intrinsic part of flashing (because a light can flash only once), while it is an intrinsic part of breathing. In contrast to all of these, which involve some internal change, sleep represents a steady or unchanging state.