Assertion: amendment's clause | /r/CapableOf | announce purpose
Facets:
value: merely
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: The debate centered on whether the prefatory clause ("A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free State") declared the amendment's only purpose or merely announced a purpose to introduce the operative clause ("the right of the People to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed").
text: The court stated: "The Amendment’s prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause.
text: The Amendment's prefatory clause announces a purpose, but does not limit or expand the scope of the second part, the operative clause.