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title: alleviate — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «alleviate» in the school dictionary: To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# alleviate

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**Who acts:** cream, Planting, Food parcels, cool cloth, Music, new road · **What happens:** make, suffer, bear, alleviate, plant · **To what, where:** pain, itching, trees, flooding, hunger, town

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«alleviate» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [alleviate in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/alleviate.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:m1:1
# text = To make pain, a problem or suffering less bad or easier to bear.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	suffering	suffer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
10	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	conj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	bear	bear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | to-infinitive |  | pain and a problem |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pain=Product |
| 2 | **suffer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **bear** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This cream alleviates itching.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x1:1
# text = This cream alleviates itching.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	alleviates	alleviate	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	itching	itching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alleviate** | present | this cream | itching |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent itching=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Planting trees can alleviate flooding.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x2:1
# text = Planting trees can alleviate flooding.
1	Planting	plant	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	alleviate	alleviate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	flooding	flooding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **plant** | gerund |  | trees |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Patient |
| 2 | **alleviate** | can | Planting | flooding |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent flooding=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Food parcels alleviated hunger in the town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x3:1
# text = Food parcels alleviated hunger in the town.
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	parcels	parcel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	alleviated	alleviate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	hunger	hunger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alleviate** | participle | Food parcels *not said here* | hunger |  | the town |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent hunger=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A cool cloth alleviated her headache.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x4:1
# text = A cool cloth alleviated her headache.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cool	cool	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	alleviated	alleviate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	headache	headache	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alleviate** | past | a cool cloth | cloth's headache |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent headache=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Music alleviated the boredom of the long drive.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x5:1
# text = Music alleviated the boredom of the long drive.
1	Music	music	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	alleviated	alleviate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boredom	boredom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	drive	drive	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alleviate** | past | Music | the boredom of the long drive |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boredom=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The new road alleviated traffic jams.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:alleviate:x6:1
# text = The new road alleviated traffic jams.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	alleviated	alleviate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	jams	jam	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alleviate** | participle | the new road *not said here* | traffic jams |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent jam=Patient |

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