Assertion: topic | /r/HasProperty | given
Facets:
Source sentences:
text: The topic is given first, and then commented on.
text: Focus "indicates the presence of alternatives that are relevant for the interpretation of linguistic expressions", givenness indicates that "the denotation of an expression is present" in the immediate context of the utterance, and topic is "the entity that a speaker identifies, about which then information, the comment, is given".