--- title: Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act… — Propaganda and fake news · tree and pragmatics description: Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act one way: it shows only the facts that help and leaves out the rest. Who acts: Propaganda, facts. 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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 (Propaganda, facts), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:031-propaganda-and-fake-news.lesson:0 # text = Propaganda is a message made to push lots of people to think or act one way: it shows only the facts that help and leaves out the rest. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 031-propaganda-and-fake-news.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): no change 1 Propaganda propaganda NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 message message NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 advcl _ _ 8 lots lot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 think think VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 acl _ _ 13 or or CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 act act VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 conj _ _ 15 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 17 : : PUNCT : _ 19 punct _ _ 18 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 19 nsubj _ _ 19 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 parataxis _ _ 20 only only ADV RB _ 22 advmod _ _ 21 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 22 det _ _ 22 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 19 obj _ _ 23 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 24 nsubj _ _ 24 help help VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 acl:relcl _ _ 25 and and CCONJ CC _ 26 cc _ _ 26 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 conj _ _ 27 out out ADP RP _ 26 compound:prt _ _ 28 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 29 det _ _ 29 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 26 obj _ _ 30 . . PUNCT . _ 4 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 | Propaganda | a message | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **make** | participle | | a message *not said here* | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset | | 3 | **push** | to-infinitive | | lots of people | | | | | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **act** | infinitive | | one way | | | | | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality | | 6 | **show** | present | Propaganda | the facts | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient | | 7 | **help** | present | the facts | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 8 | **leave out** | present | the facts *not said here* | the rest | | | | | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=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:politics:031-propaganda-and-fake-news.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): no change. **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: [Refugees, aid and sanctions: how the w…, 21](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/30-refugees-aid-and-sanctions-how-the-world-helps-and-pushes/21/) - next →: [Propaganda and fake news, 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/1/) - ↑ back to [the lesson](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/31-propaganda-and-fake-news/)