--- title: Strong arguers steelman: they say the other idea back in its best, s… — Arguing politely and never calling names · tree and pragmatics description: Strong arguers steelman: they say the other idea back in its best, strongest words before answering it, and they look for common ground, what both sides want. Who acts: Strong arguers, arguers, sides, idea. 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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 (Strong arguers, arguers, sides, idea), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:politics:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.lesson:2 # text = Strong arguers steelman: they say the other idea back in its best, strongest words before answering it, and they look for common ground, what both sides want. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = politics # lesson = 039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-agree ×1 1 Strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 arguers arguer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 3 steelman steelman NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 appos _ _ 4 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 5 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 say say VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 idea idea NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=9:advmod 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 16 nmod:poss _ Agree=R5-strong|Haiku=13:nmod:poss 13 best best NOUN NN _ 9 nmod _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 15 strongest strong ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 16 amod _ _ 16 words word NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 appos _ _ 17 before before SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 18 answering answer VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 19 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 21 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 22 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 nsubj _ _ 23 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 24 for for ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 common common ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 26 ground ground NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 obl _ _ 27 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 28 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 31 obj _ _ 29 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 30 det _ _ 30 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 31 nsubj _ _ 31 want want VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 26 acl:relcl _ _ 32 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=6:punct ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Strong arguers | the other idea | | best | | | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent idea=Theme in best=Manner | | 2 | **answer** *speech: assert* | gerund | Strong arguers *not said here* | idea | | | | | vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | | 3 | **look** | present | arguers *= arguer* | | | | | for common ground | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ground=Theme | | 4 | **want** | present | both sides | common ground | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme | | 5 | **word** | | idea | | | | | | nom word «communication transitive»: poss=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:politics:039-arguing-politely-and-never-calling-names.lesson:2`. **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): R5-strong ×2, R6-punct-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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