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.
21. The method of claim 18 , further comprising: identifying, by the system, the intention statement in the textual data by: identifying an intention verb within text in the textual data; and identifying an action verb associated with the intention verb, the action verb specifying the action, the intention verb and the action verb having the syntax of intention phrases of the selected pattern.