Assertion: ballad | /r/HasProperty | performed
Facets:
value: orally
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Since ballads are performed orally, the hearer cannot turn back a page to recover a vital detail that slipped by in a moment of inattention.
text: As an oral art, the ballad does not need to be written down to be performed or preserved; in any case, many of the carriers of the ballad tradition are illiterate and could not make use of a written and notated ballad.