--- title: Some people have no religion: an atheist believes there is no God, a… — Buddhism, humanism and respect for every belief · tree and pragmatics description: Some people have no religion: an atheist believes there is no God, an agnostic thinks we cannot know, and humanists try to live good lives by reason and compassion, believing this life is the only one. Who acts: people, atheist, God, agnostic. 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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 (people, atheist, God, agnostic), 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:2 # text = Some people have no religion: an atheist believes there is no God, an agnostic thinks we cannot know, and humanists try to live good lives by reason and compassion, believing this life is the only one. # 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 Some some DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 religion religion NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 : : PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 7 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 atheist atheist NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 9 believes believe VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 10 there there PRON EX PronType=Dem 11 expl _ _ 11 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 ccomp _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 13 det _ _ 13 God God PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 14 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 agnostic agnostic NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nsubj _ _ 17 thinks think VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 conj _ _ 18 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 21 nsubj _ _ 19 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 21 advmod _ _ 21 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 ccomp _ _ 22 , , PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 23 and and CCONJ CC _ 25 cc _ _ 24 humanists humanist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 25 nsubj _ _ 25 try try VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 26 to to PART TO _ 27 mark _ _ 27 live live VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 25 xcomp _ _ 28 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 29 amod _ _ 29 lives life NOUN NNS Number=Plur 27 obj _ _ 30 by by ADP IN _ 31 case _ _ 31 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 27 obl _ _ 32 and and CCONJ CC _ 33 cc _ _ 33 compassion compassion NOUN NN Number=Sing 31 conj _ _ 34 , , PUNCT , _ 35 punct _ _ 35 believing believe VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 27 advcl _ _ 36 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 37 det _ _ 37 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 41 nsubj _ _ 38 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 41 cop _ _ 39 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 41 det _ _ 40 only only ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 41 amod _ _ 41 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 35 ccomp _ _ 42 . . 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 | **have** | present | some people | no religion | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent religion=Patient | | 2 | **believe** | present | a atheist | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **be** | present | no God | | | there | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | present | a agnostic | | | | | | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 5 | **not** **know** | can | we | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 6 | **try** | present | humanists | | | | | | vn try-61.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | | 7 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | humanists *not said here* | good lives | | | | by reason and compassion | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme life=Location | | 8 | **believe** | gerund | humanists *not said here* | | | | | | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | | 9 | **is a** | present | this life | the only one | | | | | 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. 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