Mosconi was well versed in philosophical works, both Hebrew and Arabic; but, having a predilection for metaphysics, he occupied himself particularly with Ibn Ezra 's commentary on the Pentateuch, on which he wrote a supercommentary. Most of the 30 supercommentaries on Ibn Ezra which Mosconi examined during his wanderings were, in his opinion, worthless. According to Mosconi, Ibn Ezra wrote his commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa before that on the Pentateuch, which he wrote 11 years before his death.
Mosconi was well versed in philosophical works, both Hebrew and Arabic; but, having a predilection for metaphysics, he occupied himself particularly with Ibn Ezra 's commentary on the Pentateuch, on which he wrote a supercommentary.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Mosconi
Mosconi
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
Degree=Pos
well
well
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
verse
versed
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
philosophical
philosophical
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
work
works
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc:preconj
both
both
CCONJ
CC
appos
Number=Sing
Hebrew
Hebrew
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Arabic
Arabic
PROPN
NNP
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
have
having
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
predilection
predilection
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
metaphysic
metaphysics
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
occupy
occupied
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes
himself
himself
PRON
PRP
advmod
particularly
particularly
ADV
RB
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Ibn
Ibn
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ezra
Ezra
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
commentary
commentary
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Pentateuch
Pentateuch
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
on
on
ADP
IN
obl
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
supercommentary
supercommentary
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Most of the 30 supercommentaries on Ibn Ezra which Mosconi examined during his wanderings were, in his opinion, worthless.
nsubj
Degree=Sup
most
Most
ADJ
JJS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
30
30
NUM
CD
nmod
Number=Plur
supercommentary
supercommentaries
NOUN
NNS
case
on
on
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Ibn
Ibn
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ezra
Ezra
PROPN
NNP
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Number=Sing
Mosconi
Mosconi
PROPN
NNP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
examine
examined
VERB
VBD
case
during
during
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Plur
wandering
wanderings
NOUN
NNS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
opinion
opinion
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Degree=Pos
worthless
worthless
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
According to Mosconi, Ibn Ezra wrote his commentary on the Prophets and Hagiographa before that on the Pentateuch, which he wrote 11 years before his death.
case
ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger
accord
According
VERB
VBG
fixed
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Mosconi
Mosconi
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Ibn
Ibn
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ezra
Ezra
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
commentary
commentary
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
Prophet
Prophets
PROPN
NNPS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Hagiographa
Hagiographa
PROPN
NNP
case
before
before
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
that
that
PRON
DT
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
Pentateuch
Pentateuch
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
11
11
NUM
CD
nmod:npmod
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
case
before
before
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
death
death
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.