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title: allergy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «allergy» in the school dictionary: An allergy is when your body reacts badly to something that is harmless for most people, such as nuts, pollen, cats or bee stings. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# allergy

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**Who acts:** allergy, body, reaction, friend, we, I · **What happens:** be, react, sneeze, have, not share, make · **To what, where:** itching, nut allergy, snacks, me, allergy, teacher · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«allergy» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 8 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: [allergy in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/allergy.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An allergy is when your body reacts badly to something that is harmless for most people, such as nuts, pollen, cats or bee stings.

<!-- fold The tree, 24 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:m1:1
# text = An allergy is when your body reacts badly to something that is harmless for most people, such as nuts, pollen, cats or bee stings.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	reacts	react	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	badly	badly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	7	obl	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	harmless	harmless	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	acl:relcl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	16	amod	_	_
16	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	20	case	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	18	fixed	_	_
20	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
24	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	conj	_	_
25	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
26	bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a allergy |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **react** | present | your body |  |  |  |  | to something; badly *property* | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to something=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for most people and nuts and pollen and cats or bee stings; harmless *property* | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The reaction can be sneezing, itching, a rash, swelling or, sometimes, serious trouble breathing.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:m2:1
# text = The reaction can be sneezing, itching, a rash, swelling or, sometimes, serious trouble breathing.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	sneezing	sneeze	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	itching	itching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	rash	rash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	swelling	swelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
18	trouble	trouble	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	breathing	breathing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sneeze** | can · progressive | the reaction | itching |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My friend has a nut allergy, so we don't share snacks with nuts.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x1:1
# text = My friend has a nut allergy, so we don't share snacks with nuts.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	nut	nut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
9	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	snacks	snack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	nuts	nut	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | My friend | a nut allergy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allergy=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **share** | present · do-support | we | snacks |  |  |  | with nuts | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I'm allergic to cats; they make me sneeze.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x2:1
# text = I'm allergic to cats; they make me sneeze.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	sneeze	sneeze	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | to cats; allergic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | cats *= cat* | me |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sneeze** | infinitive | me *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hay fever is an allergy to pollen in spring and summer.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x3:1
# text = Hay fever is an allergy to pollen in spring and summer.
1	Hay	hay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	fever	fever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pollen	pollen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	spring	spring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	summer	summer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Hay fever | a allergy |  |  | spring | to pollen | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Always tell the teacher if you have an allergy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x4:1
# text = Always tell the teacher if you have an allergy.
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the teacher |  |  | always *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient |
| 2 | **have** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a allergy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent allergy=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her lips swelled because of an allergic reaction.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x5:1
# text = Her lips swelled because of an allergic reaction.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	lips	lip	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	swelled	swell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	because	because	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	fixed	_	_
6	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	reaction	reaction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **swell** | past | Her lips |  |  |  |  | because a allergic reaction | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some people carry a special pen in case of a serious allergy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x6:1
# text = Some people carry a special pen in case of a serious allergy.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	case	case	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | some people | a special pen |  | case of a serious allergy |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent pen=Value in case=Location |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Read the label to check for things you are allergic to.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x7:1
# text = Read the label to check for things you are allergic to.
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	allergic	allergic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the label |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for things | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent for thing=Attribute |
| 3 | **is** | present | you | things *not said here* |  |  |  | allergic *property* | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Bee stings can cause an allergy in some people.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:allergy:x8:1
# text = Bee stings can cause an allergy in some people.
1	Bee	bee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	stings	sting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	allergy	allergy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | can | Bee stings | a allergy |  |  |  | in some people | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition allergy=Patient |

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