sceptic

Who acts: sceptic, person, something, dad, adverts, Scientists · What happens: be, doubt, want, see, believe, promise · To what, where: person, evidence, particular idea, miracles, sceptics, noise · Speech: someone speaks here

«sceptic» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: sceptic in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

A sceptic is a person who doubts whether something is true and wants to see evidence before believing it.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sceptic	det
2	sceptic	sceptic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 doubts	nsubj
7	doubts	doubt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	11 true	mark
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 true	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 true	cop
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 doubts	xcomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wants	cc
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 doubts	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp
16	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obj
17	before	before	SCONJ	_	18 believing	mark
18	believing	believe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 see	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 believing	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a sceptic	a person		tree rules
2	doubt	present	a person			vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	something		true property	tree rules
4	want	present	a person not said here			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
5	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	a person not said here	evidence		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer evidence=Stimulus
6	believe	gerund	a person not said here	evidence		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

A sceptic may doubt a particular idea, like "a climate sceptic", or doubt religious beliefs.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sceptic	det
2	sceptic	sceptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 doubt	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 doubt	aux
4	doubt	doubt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 idea	det
6	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 idea	amod
7	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubt	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 sceptic	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	13 sceptic	case
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sceptic	punct
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 sceptic	det
12	climate	climate	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 sceptic	compound
13	sceptic	sceptic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 doubt	parataxis
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sceptic	punct
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 beliefs	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	19 beliefs	cc
17	doubt	doubt	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 beliefs	compound
18	religious	religious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 beliefs	amod
19	beliefs	belief	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 doubt	parataxis
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 doubt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	doubt	may	a sceptic	a particular idea					vn judgment-33.1-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent idea=Theme clause=Attribute

Example 1

My dad is a sceptic about adverts that promise miracles.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	My	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sceptic	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sceptic	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sceptic	det
5	sceptic	sceptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 adverts	case
7	adverts	advert	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sceptic	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 promise	nsubj
9	promise	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 adverts	acl:relcl
10	miracles	miracle	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 promise	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sceptic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	My dad					about adverts; sceptic property	tree rules
2	promise speech: promise	present	adverts	miracles					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent miracle=Theme

Example 2

Scientists should be sceptics until there is good evidence.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scientists	scientist	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sceptics	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sceptics	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 sceptics	cop
4	sceptics	sceptic	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 is	mark
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 is	expl
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sceptics	acl:relcl
8	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 evidence	amod
9	evidence	evidence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 is	nsubj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sceptics	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	should	Scientists	sceptics					tree rules
2	be	present	good evidence	sceptics not said here		there			vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot sceptic=Theme

Example 3

Tom was a sceptic about ghosts until he heard the noise in the attic.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sceptic	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sceptic	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sceptic	det
4	sceptic	sceptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 ghosts	case
6	ghosts	ghost	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sceptic	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 heard	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
9	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sceptic	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 noise	det
11	noise	noise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 attic	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 attic	det
14	attic	attic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 heard	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sceptic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Tom					about ghosts; sceptic property	tree rules
2	hear	past	Tom	the noise		the attic			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer noise=Stimulus

Example 4

Be sceptical of websites that don't say who wrote them.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	2 sceptical	cop
2	sceptical	sceptical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 websites	case
4	websites	website	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sceptical	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 say	obj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 websites	acl:relcl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wrote	nsubj
10	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	ccomp
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrote	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sceptical	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	imperative	you not said here		of websites; sceptical property	tree rules
2	not say speech: assert	present · do-support		websites		tree rules
3	write	past		websites = website		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Example 5

Even the sceptics were impressed by the magician.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 sceptics	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sceptics	det
3	sceptics	sceptic	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 impressed	nsubj:pass
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 impressed	aux:pass
5	impressed	impress	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 magician	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 magician	det
8	magician	magician	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 impressed	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 impressed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impress	past · passive	the magician	the sceptics					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer

Example 6

She remained a sceptic about the new diet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remained	nsubj
2	remained	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sceptic	det
4	sceptic	sceptic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 remained	xcomp
5	about	about	ADP	_	8 diet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 diet	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 diet	amod
8	diet	diet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sceptic	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 remained	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	past	She					sceptic property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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