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title: rational — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «rational» in the school dictionary: Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# rational

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**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

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«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rational.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rational:m1:1
# text = Able to think clearly and sensibly, using reason rather than feelings.
1	Able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	clearly	clearly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	sensibly	sensibly	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
9	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	rather	rather	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	12	cc	_	_
11	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	fixed	_	_
12	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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Sensible, fair and based on good thinking.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rational:m2:1
# text = Sensible, fair and based on good thinking.
1	Sensible	sensible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	based	base	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	thinking	thinking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x1}

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Humans are rational creatures; animals are not.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rational:x1:1
# text = Humans are rational creatures; animals are not.
1	Humans	human	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	rational	rational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

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A rational choice is one you have thought about carefully.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rational:x2:1
# text = A rational choice is one you have thought about carefully.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	rational	rational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	thought	think	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	about	about	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	carefully	carefully	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:rational:x3:1
# text = Be rational: the bus is late, so we will walk.
1	Be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	cop	_	_
2	rational	rational	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	csubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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**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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