In a report, the expressed relation is open to assessment as agreeing or disagreeing with what obtains. This does not mean that every report is true; being a report and being a true report are different matters.
“It rained today” is a report whether the assertion proves true or false. “Did it rain today?” asks for information about the same event and is not itself true or false in the same way.
The book discusses the precise account of truth and falsity next. The present point is their role in structuring the chapters of maʿani.