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title: rationality — Judaism dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rationality» in the Judaism dictionary: The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rationality

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**Who acts:** quality, Man, neck · **What happens:** be, think, use, separate, diaphragm · **To what, where:** reason, microcosm, rationality, vitality, vegetativeness

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«rationality» in the Judaism dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 1 example, 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: [rationality in the Judaism dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/rationality.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:rationality:m1:1
# text = The quality of being able to think clearly, using reason.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	cop	_	_
5	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund | the quality |  |  |  |  | able *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the quality *not said here* |  |  |  |  | clearly *property* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **use** | gerund | the quality *not said here* | reason |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Patient |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness. (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

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*Sentence 1:* Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:rationality:x1:1
# text = Man is a microcosm, as the neck separates rationality from vitality, so does diaphragm the vitality from the vegetativeness.
1	Man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	microcosm	microcosm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	neck	neck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	separates	separate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	rationality	rationality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	vitality	vitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
15	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	diaphragm	diaphragm	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	vitality	vitality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	from	from	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	vegetativeness	vegetativeness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Man | a microcosm |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **separate** | present | the neck | rationality |  |  |  | from vitality | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent rationality=Patient from vitality=Co-Patient |
| 3 | **diaphragm** | present · do-support | the neck *not said here* | the vitality |  | the vegetativeness |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:judaism:rationality:x1:2
# text = (Sefer Yetzirah, Kalisch 1877)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sefer	Sefer	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	Yetzirah	Yetzirah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	Kalisch	Kalisch	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	1877	1877	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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**Text:** the Judaism 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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