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Simple temporal relations

A sub-category of temporal relations. Simple temporal relations like complex temporal relations involve a process, and hence a temporal relation, because they construe scenes that hold over a given span of time. However, a simple temporal relation designates a stable and unchanging state which nevertheless holds or continues through time, as illustrated by the following example: Max loves chocolate.

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