--- title: Think of a chain of reasons: "It's fair because it's the rule", "Why… — Olympiad: fair or unfair, chains of reasons and… · tree and pragmatics description: Think of a chain of reasons: "It's fair because it's the rule", "Why is the rule fair?", "Because the head said so", "Why?"; a good answer still stands after two or three "why?"s, and a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. Who acts: you, fair, rule, head. 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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 (you, fair, rule, head), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas.lesson:1 # text = Think of a chain of reasons: "It's fair because it's the rule", "Why is the rule fair?", "Because the head said so", "Why?"; a good answer still stands after two or three "why?"s, and a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas.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): R6-punct-agree ×8, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-agree ×2 1 Think think VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 reasons reason NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 : : PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 8 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ _ 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 12 because because SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 14 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 cop _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 advcl _ _ 17 " " PUNCT '' _ 16 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=16:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 18 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 19 " " PUNCT `` _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=1:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 20 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 24 advmod _ _ 21 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 24 cop _ _ 22 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 23 rule rule NOUN NN Number=Sing 24 nsubj _ _ 24 fair fair ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 25 ? ? PUNCT . _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=1:punct 26 " " PUNCT '' _ 24 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=1:punct 27 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 28 " " PUNCT `` _ 32 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=1:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 29 Because because SCONJ IN _ 32 mark _ _ 30 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 31 det _ _ 31 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 nsubj _ _ 32 said say VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 33 so so ADV RB _ 32 advmod _ _ 34 " " PUNCT '' _ 32 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=37:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:``:_ 35 , , PUNCT , _ 37 punct _ _ 36 " " PUNCT `` _ 37 punct _ Agree=R8-pos-agree|Haiku=37:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 37 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 32 ccomp _ _ 38 ? ? PUNCT . _ 37 punct _ _ 39 " " PUNCT '' _ 37 punct _ _ 40 ; ; PUNCT , _ 45 punct _ _ 41 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 43 det _ _ 42 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 43 amod _ _ 43 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 45 nsubj _ _ 44 still still ADV RB _ 45 advmod _ _ 45 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ Agree=R7-rel-agree|Haiku=1:conj 46 after after ADP IN _ 47 case _ _ 47 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 45 obl _ _ 48 or or CCONJ CC _ 49 cc _ _ 49 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 47 conj _ _ 50 " " PUNCT `` _ 51 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=45:punct|HaikuPos=PUNCT:'':_ 51 why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 45 advmod _ _ 52 ? ? PUNCT . _ 51 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=45:punct 53 " " PUNCT '' _ 51 punct _ Agree=R6-punct-agree|Haiku=45:punct 54 s 's PART POS Typo=Yes 45 case _ _ 55 , , PUNCT , _ 62 punct _ _ 56 and and CCONJ CC _ 62 cc _ _ 57 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 58 det _ _ 58 chain chain NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 nsubj _ _ 59 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 62 cop _ _ 60 only only ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 61 as as ADV RB _ 62 advmod _ _ 62 strong strong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 45 conj _ _ 63 as as ADP IN _ 66 case _ _ 64 its its PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 66 nmod:poss _ _ 65 weakest weak ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 66 amod _ _ 66 link link NOUN NN Number=Sing 62 obl _ _ 67 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **think** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | of a chain of reasons | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | fair | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | fair | the rule | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the rule | | | | | fair *property* | tree rules | | 5 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | the head | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 6 | **stand** | present | a good answer | | | | after two; still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 7 | **is** | present | a chain | | | | | as fair's weakest link; strong *property* | tree rules | 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:religion-ethics:103-olympiad-fair-or-unfair-chains-of-reasons-and-dilemmas.lesson:1`. **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): R6-punct-agree ×8, R7-rel-agree ×1, R8-pos-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. 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