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rational

Who acts: Humans, rational choice, you, bus, we · What happens: think, use, base, be, think about, walk · To what, where: reason, good thinking, rational creatures, one

«rational» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 3 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: rational in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 think	mark
3	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Able	xcomp
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	3 think	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sensibly	cc
6	sensibly	sensibly	ADV	_	4 clearly	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 using	punct
8	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 think	advcl
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 using	obj
10	rather	rather	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	12 feelings	cc
11	than	than	ADP	_	10 rather	fixed
12	feelings	feeling	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 using	obj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Able	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	to-infinitive						clearly property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use	gerund		reason					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

Sensible, fair and based on good thinking.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 fair	punct
3	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Sensible	conj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 based	cc
5	based	base	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Sensible	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 thinking	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thinking	amod
8	thinking	thinking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 based	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Sensible	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	base	participle				good thinking			vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on thinking=Source

Example 1

Humans are rational creatures; animals are not.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Humans	human	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creatures	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 creatures	cop
3	rational	rational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 creatures	amod
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 animals	punct
6	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 creatures	conj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 not	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 creatures	acl:relcl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 creatures	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Humans	rational creatures and animals					tree rules

Example 2

A rational choice is one you have thought about carefully.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 choice	det
2	rational	rational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 choice	amod
3	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 one	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 one	cop
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 thought	nsubj
7	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 thought	aux
8	thought	think	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 one	acl:relcl
9	about	about	ADV	_	10 carefully	advmod
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	8 thought	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a rational choice	one					tree rules
2	think about speech: other	present · perfect	you					carefully property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

Be rational: the bus is late, so we will walk.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 rational	cop
2	rational	rational	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 late	csubj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 late	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 late	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 late	cop
7	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 walk	advmod
10	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 walk	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 walk	aux
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 late	parataxis
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 late	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						rational property	tree rules
2	is	present	the bus					late property	tree rules
3	walk	future	we						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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