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 school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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 school dictionary .
Meaning 1 To do with philosophy — thinking deeply about big questions like what is true, right or real.
The tree, 16 words mark case obl punct advcl advmod case amod obl case nmod cop acl:relcl punct conj cc conj punct root To PART do VERB with ADP philosophy NOUN — PUNCT thinking VERB deeply ADV about ADP big ADJ questions NOUN like ADP what PRON is AUX true ADJ , PUNCT right ADJ or CCONJ real ADJ . PUNCT 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 who what, whom to whom where when 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.
Meaning 2 Calm and accepting when something bad happens: «He was philosophical about losing.».
The tree, 12 words amod cc advcl advmod nsubj amod punct punct nsubj cop parataxis mark advcl punct punct punct root Calm ADJ and CCONJ accepting VERB when ADV something PRON bad ADJ happens VERB : PUNCT « PUNCT He PRON was AUX philosophical ADJ about SCONJ losing VERB . PUNCT » PUNCT . PUNCT 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 what, whom to whom where when 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.
punct aux nsubj csubj punct punct cop det amod punct root « PUNCT Do AUX animals NOUN think VERB ? PUNCT » PUNCT is AUX a DET philosophical ADJ question NOUN . PUNCT 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.
nsubj cop mark advcl det obj punct root He PRON was AUX philosophical ADJ about SCONJ missing VERB the DET bus NOUN . PUNCT 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.
nsubj det amod obj case nmod punct root We PRON had VERB a DET philosophical ADJ chat NOUN about ADP friendship NOUN . PUNCT 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.
nsubj det obj advmod punct root Badger PROPN took VERB the DET news NOUN philosophically ADV . PUNCT 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.
det nsubj det amod obj punct root The DET book NOUN has VERB a DET philosophical ADJ feel NOUN . PUNCT 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.
nmod:poss case compound nsubj amod obj punct root Alice PROPN 's PART Cheshire PROPN Cat NOUN makes VERB philosophical ADJ jokes NOUN . PUNCT 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 nsubj mark xcomp nmod:poss nmod:poss case amod obj case det amod obl case nmod:poss amod nmod punct root He PRON refused VERB to PART accept VERB his PRON teacher NOUN 's PART philosophical ADJ tenets NOUN on ADP the DET mere ADJ ground NOUN of ADP their PRON traditional ADJ authority NOUN . PUNCT 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
Text: the school dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous philosophernext → philosophy↑ back to P in school dictionary This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/philosophical/