--- title: An atheist believes there is no God; an agnostic thinks we cannot kn… — Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief · tree and pragmatics description: An atheist believes there is no God; an agnostic thinks we cannot know whether there is. Who acts: atheist, God, agnostic, we. 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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 (atheist, God, agnostic, we), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = school:religion-ethics:033-buddhism-humanism-and-respect.lesson:11 # text = An atheist believes there is no God; an agnostic thinks we cannot know whether there is. # source = school lesson (ours) # course = religion-ethics # lesson = 033-buddhism-humanism-and-respect.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 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 atheist atheist NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 5 expl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 6 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 7 det _ _ 7 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 agnostic agnostic NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 12 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 15 nsubj _ _ 13 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 15 advmod _ _ 15 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 ccomp _ _ 16 whether whether SCONJ IN _ 18 mark _ _ 17 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 18 expl _ _ 18 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 ccomp _ _ 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} No stored speech act for this sentence. | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **believe** | present | a atheist | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **be** | present | no God | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a agnostic | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 4 | **not** **know** | can | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 5 | **be** | present | | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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. 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