# Atlas Shrugged Reading and Practice\[Dface\]

**URL:** https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001
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**Created:** [February 17, 2025, 8:45am UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001 "2025-02-17T08:45:58Z")
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### Author: ![ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/user_avatar/discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/activemind/32/5560_2.png) [@ActiveMind](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/u/ActiveMind)
#### Post date: [March 7, 2025, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/atlas-shrugged-reading-and-practice-dface/2001/20 "2025-03-07T13:52:08Z")

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> I think since “property” is describing what kind of rights are being talked about, “rights” is the subject. I would put “property” as a child node of “rights.”

Yes. The thing is both are nouns, but “property” is still acting as an adjective, it’s telling us what kind of rights. Other examples are “vacation home” and “baseball hat.” But when it’s done improperly it’s called noun pileup (see [my notes on it here](https://discuss.criticalfallibilism.com/t/grammar-videos-and-peikoff-grammar-course-am/2005/16)) like: “bank rate rise leak probe.”

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> Yeah, I grouped them when I was writing the tree, but then I was just like why? Why am I treating the two words as one?

Whenever only “Hank” or “Rearden” is used in AS it’s actually a shorthand for “Hank Rearden”, they’re always referring to the specific person which is Hank Rearden. Compare it with “big house.” “Big” and “house” are different concepts. “Big” can apply to many things. “House” can have many modifiers. “Hank” and “Rearden” are really the same thing. You could say “Rearden” modifies “Hank” so it tells you which “Hank” we are talking about, or the other way around. But that isn’t helpful. The words are so closely related I don’t think it’s worthwhile to give them separate nodes.

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