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title: metaphysics — English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «metaphysics» in the English dictionary: The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# metaphysics

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**Who acts:** philosophy, part · **What happens:** ask, be, exist · **To what, where:** philosophy

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«metaphysics» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil, 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: [metaphysics in the English dictionary](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/metaphysics/).

## In Jewish tradition, meaning 1 {#m1}

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The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:english:metaphysics:m1:1
# text = The part of philosophy that asks what is real, what exists, and why.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	philosophy	philosophy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
12	exists	exist	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | philosophy | philosophy |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | the part of philosophy |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **exist** | present |  |  |  |  |  | what *nsubj* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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.

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**Text:** the English dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader, each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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