18. A method comprising: presenting, by a system including a processor, an interactive interface that includes representations of a plurality of patterns including respective different syntaxes of intention phrases; receiving, by the system, user selection in the interactive interface of a selected pattern of the plurality of patterns; and extracting, by the system, intention statement information from textual data, the intention statement information including an intention statement according to the selected pattern and comprising a group of words or phrases expressing an intention of an author of the intention statement to perform an action, wherein a first syntax of intention phrases of a first pattern of the plurality of patterns includes an intention verb and an action verb, and a second syntax of intention phrases of a second pattern of the plurality of patterns includes an intention verb, a preposition, and an action verb, and wherein the selected pattern is one of the first and second patterns.
20. The method of claim 18 , wherein the textual data includes uploaded textual data or textual data that is harvested from one or more websites.