--- title: A balanced argument is the fair cousin of persuasion: it gives the r… — Writing to inform, instruct and persuade · tree and pragmatics description: A balanced argument is the fair cousin of persuasion: it gives the reasons on both sides, for example of banning school uniforms, before the writer says what they think at the end. Who acts: balanced argument, argument, example, writer. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (balanced argument, argument, example, writer), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:044-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade.lesson:5 # text = A balanced argument is the fair cousin of persuasion: it gives the reasons on both sides, for example of banning school uniforms, before the writer says what they think at the end. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 044-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade.lesson # annotation = Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 balanced balance ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=3:amod|HaikuPos=VERB:VBN:Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 persuasion persuasion NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ 10 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=7:conj 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obj _ _ 15 on on ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 16 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 17 det _ _ 17 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nmod _ _ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 19 for for ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 example example NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nmod _ _ 21 of of SCONJ IN _ 22 mark _ _ 22 banning ban VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 20 acl _ _ 23 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 compound _ _ 24 uniforms uniform NOUN NNS Number=Plur 22 obj _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 26 before before SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 27 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 28 writer writer NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 advcl _ _ 30 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 32 obj _ _ 31 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 32 think think VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 29 ccomp _ _ 33 at at ADP IN _ 35 case _ _ 34 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 35 det _ _ 35 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ _ 36 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a balanced argument | the fair cousin | | | | of persuasion | tree rules | | 2 | **give** | present | argument | the reasons | | both sides | | for example | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for example=Asset | | 3 | **ban** | gerund | example *not said here* | school uniforms | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer uniform=Theme | | 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the writer | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 5 | **think** *speech: other* | present | reasons *= reason* | | | | at the end | | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Licence: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)**, as the whole of Mova corpus 0.4, of which this treebank (the agreed school, `mova-school-agreed-en.conllu`) is part. The lessons were written for Mova's primary school. Sentence `school:english:044-writing-to-inform-instruct-and-persuade.lesson:5`. **The tree:** Mova annot: Rust (en) → Haiku 5.5 (medium, Batches API) patches; gates UD 2.18; agreed by treeagree rules (Stanza, Trankit, spaCy trf): R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×1. **The frames** are read from the tree by Mova's frames reader (`prag`) when this page is built, the lesson read in order, so a pronoun may be resolved from an earlier sentence. 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