--- title: A debate is an argument with rules: two sides, a topic called the mo… — Debating and discussion · tree and pragmatics description: A debate is an argument with rules: two sides, a topic called the motion ("Homework should be banned"), turns to speak and, at the end, a vote. Who acts: debate, topic, motion. 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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 (debate, topic, motion), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:english:049-debating-and-discussion.lesson:0 # text = A debate is an argument with rules: two sides, a topic called the motion ("Homework should be banned"), turns to speak and, at the end, a vote. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = english # lesson = 049-debating-and-discussion.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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 debate debate NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ 8 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 9 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ 11 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=13:punct 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 topic topic NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ 14 called call VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 motion motion NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 19 punct _ _ 18 " " PUNCT `` _ 19 punct _ _ 19 Homework homework NOUN NN Number=Sing 22 nsubj:pass _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=16:conj 20 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 21 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 22 aux:pass _ _ 22 banned ban VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 16 acl _ _ 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ 24 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 22 punct _ _ 25 , , PUNCT , _ 26 punct _ Agree=R2-punct-next|Haiku=5:punct 26 turns turn VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 27 to to PART TO _ 28 mark _ _ 28 speak speak VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 26 xcomp _ _ 29 and and CCONJ CC _ 36 cc _ _ 30 , , PUNCT , _ 29 punct _ _ 31 at at ADP IN _ 33 case _ _ 32 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 33 det _ _ 33 end end NOUN NN Number=Sing 36 nmod _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 33 punct _ _ 35 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 36 det _ _ 36 vote vote NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 conj _ _ 37 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=26:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} - form: statement - act: assert - voice: narrator - polarity: none - teacher: changed voice=narrator | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a debate | a argument and two sides a topic | | | | with rules | tree rules | | 2 | **call** *speech: assert* | participle | a topic *not said here* | the motion | | | | | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent motion=Recipient | | 3 | **ban** *in a quote* | should · passive | the motion *not said here* | Homework | | | | | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 4 | **turn** | present | a debate *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 5 | **speak** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | a debate *not said here* | | | | | | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:049-debating-and-discussion.lesson:0`. **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): R2-punct-next ×1, R5-strong ×1, R6-punct-agree ×2. **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. See the [release 0.4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/releases/0.4/). - ← previous: [Spoken language: presenting and show-a…, 18](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/48-spoken-language-presenting-and-show-and-tell/18/) - next →: [Debating and discussion, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/49-debating-and-discussion/)