philosophical

Who acts: something, He, animals, We, Badger, book · What happens: do, think, be, accept, happen, lose · To what, where: philosophical question, bus, philosophical chat, news, philosophical feel, philosophical jokes · Speech: someone speaks here

«philosophical» in the English dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 10 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: philosophical in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 do	mark
2	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 philosophy	case
4	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 do	obl
5	—	-	PUNCT	_	6 thinking	punct
6	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 do	advcl
7	deeply	deeply	ADV	_	6 thinking	advmod
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 questions	case
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 questions	amod
10	questions	question	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 thinking	obl
11	like	like	ADP	_	12 what	case
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 questions	nmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 what	acl:relcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 right	punct
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 true	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 real	cc
18	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 true	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	other	roles by
1	do	to-infinitive	with philosophy	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	think speech: other	gerund	about big questions; deeply property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about question=Topic
3	is	present	true property	tree rules
4	be			tree rules
5	be			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.

Everyday, meaning 2

Calm and accepting when something bad happens: «He was philosophical about losing.».

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 accepting	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 accepting	cc
3	accepting	accept	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 happens	advcl
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 happens	advmod
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 happens	nsubj
6	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 something	amod
7	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 philosophical	punct
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	12 philosophical	punct
10	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 philosophical	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 philosophical	cop
12	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 happens	parataxis
13	about	about	SCONJ	_	14 losing	mark
14	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 philosophical	advcl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 philosophical	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 philosophical	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 happens	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	accept	gerund	something not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	happen	present	something		tree rules
3	is in a quote	past	He	philosophical property	tree rules
4	lose in a quote	gerund	He not said here		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 1

«Do animals think?» is a philosophical question.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
2	Do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 think	aux
3	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 think	nsubj
4	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 question	csubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
6	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 think	punct
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 question	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 question	det
9	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 question	amod
10	question	question	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 question	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other in a quote	infinitive · do-support	animals						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	be speech: other	present		a philosophical question					tree rules

Example 2

He was philosophical about missing the bus.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 philosophical	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 philosophical	cop
3	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 missing	mark
5	missing	miss	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 philosophical	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 missing	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 philosophical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					philosophical property	tree rules
2	miss	gerund	He not said here	the bus					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus

Example 3

We had a philosophical chat about friendship.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 chat	det
4	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 chat	amod
5	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 friendship	case
7	friendship	friendship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chat	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	We	a philosophical chat				about friendship	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient

Example 4

Badger took the news philosophically.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Badger	Badger	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 took	nsubj
2	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 news	det
4	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 took	obj
5	philosophically	philosophically	ADV	_	2 took	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	Badger	the news				philosophically property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme

Example 5

The book has a philosophical feel.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 book	det
2	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 feel	det
5	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feel	amod
6	feel	feel	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the book	a philosophical feel					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feel=Patient

Example 6

Alice's Cheshire Cat makes philosophical jokes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alice	Alice	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Cat	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Alice	case
3	Cheshire	Cheshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Cat	compound
4	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 jokes	amod
7	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 makes	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 makes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Alice's Cheshire Cat	philosophical jokes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Product

Example 7

He refused to accept his teacher's philosophical tenets on the mere ground of their traditional authority.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 accept	mark
4	accept	accept	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 teacher	nmod:poss
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tenets	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 teacher	case
8	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 tenets	amod
9	tenets	tenet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accept	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 ground	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 ground	det
12	mere	mere	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ground	amod
13	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accept	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 authority	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 authority	nmod:poss
16	traditional	traditional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 authority	amod
17	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 ground	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 refused	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	He						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not accept	to-infinitive	He not said here	his teacher's philosophical tenets		the mere ground of tenets's traditional authority			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tenet=Theme

Example 8

The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language. (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

Sentence 1: The "Sepher Yetzirah," or "Book of Formation," is perhaps the oldest philosophical treatise which is yet extant in the Hebrew language.

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Yetzirah	det
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Sepher	punct
3	Sepher	Sepher	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Yetzirah	compound
4	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	19 treatise	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Yetzirah	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Yetzirah	punct
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 Book	cc
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Book	punct
9	Book	Book	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Yetzirah	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 Formation	case
11	Formation	Formation	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Book	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Yetzirah	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Yetzirah	punct
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 treatise	cop
15	perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	19 treatise	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 treatise	det
17	oldest	old	ADJ	Degree=Sup	19 treatise	amod
18	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 treatise	amod
19	treatise	treatise	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
20	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	23 extant	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 extant	cop
22	yet	yet	ADV	_	23 extant	advmod
23	extant	extant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 treatise	acl:relcl
24	in	in	ADP	_	27 language	case
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 language	det
26	Hebrew	hebrew	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 language	amod
27	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 extant	obl
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 treatise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Sepher Yetzirah or Book of Formation	the oldest philosophical treatise				perhaps property	tree rules
2	is	present	the oldest philosophical treatise			the Hebrew language	yet	extant property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Westcott	punct
5	Westcott	Westcott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Sefer	conj
6	1893	1893	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 Westcott	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Sefer	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 9

The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: The Pythagorean philosophy is the greatest enigma of all philosophical systems of antiquity.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 philosophy	det
2	Pythagorean	pythagorean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 philosophy	amod
3	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 enigma	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 enigma	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 enigma	det
6	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 enigma	amod
7	enigma	enigma	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 systems	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 systems	det
10	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 systems	amod
11	systems	system	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 enigma	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 antiquity	case
13	antiquity	antiquity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 systems	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 enigma	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the Pythagorean philosophy	the greatest enigma				of all philosophical systems of antiquity	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Example 10

On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries. (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

Sentence 1: On this point endless dis- cussions arose; and it has even been disputed whether they are designed to express theological, philosophical, or physical mysteries.

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 point	case
2	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 point	det
3	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 arose	obl
4	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cussions	amod
5	dis	dis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cussions	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 dis	punct
7	cussions	cussion	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 arose	nsubj
8	arose	arise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 disputed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 disputed	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 disputed	nsubj:pass
12	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 disputed	aux
13	even	even	ADV	_	15 disputed	advmod
14	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	15 disputed	aux:pass
15	disputed	dispute	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 arose	parataxis
16	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	19 designed	mark
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 designed	nsubj:pass
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 designed	aux:pass
19	designed	design	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 disputed	advcl
20	to	to	PART	_	21 express	mark
21	express	express	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 designed	advcl
22	theological	theological	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 mysteries	amod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 philosophical	punct
24	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 theological	conj
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 mysteries	punct
26	or	or	CCONJ	_	28 mysteries	cc
27	physical	physical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	28 mysteries	amod
28	mysteries	mystery	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 express	obj
29	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 arose	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	arise	past	endless dis cussions		this point	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on point=Location
2	dispute	present · perfect · passive		point		tree rules
3	design	present · passive		cussions = cussion		vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Result
4	express	to-infinitive		theological physical mysteries		vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mystery=Theme

Sentence 2: (Mordell, The Origin of Letters and Numerals according to Sefer Yetzirah (1914))

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct
2	Mordell	Mordell	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Origin	punct
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Origin	det
5	Origin	Origin	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	appos
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Letters	case
7	Letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 Origin	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 Numerals	cc
9	Numerals	numeral	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 Letters	conj
10	according	accord	VERB	ExtPos=ADP Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Sefer	case
11	to	to	ADP	_	10 according	fixed
12	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Mordell	nmod
13	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Sefer	flat
14	(	(	PUNCT	_	15 1914	punct
15	1914	1914	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Mordell	list
16	))	))	PUNCT	_	2 Mordell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accord	gerund							vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

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📖 philosophical

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