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title: chemist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «chemist» in the school dictionary: A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# chemist

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**Who acts:** chemist, scientist, substances, Zealand English, British Irish person, you · **What happens:** be, study, make, change, prepare, sell · **To what, where:** scientist, chemistry, medicines, shop, famous chemist, cough medicine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«chemist» 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: [chemist in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/chemist.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:m1:1
# text = A chemist is a scientist who studies chemistry: what substances are made of and how they change.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	chemistry	chemistry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	parataxis	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a chemist | a scientist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **study** | present | a scientist | chemistry |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chemistry=Topic |
| 3 | **make** | present · passive |  | a scientist |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 4 | **change** | present | substances *= substance* |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

<!-- .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 -->
In British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English a chemist is a person who prepares and sells medicines, and «the chemist's» is the shop where you buy them.

<!-- fold The tree, 29 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:m2:1
# text = In British, Irish, Australian and New Zealand English a chemist is a person who prepares and sells medicines, and «the chemist's» is the shop where you buy them.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
2	British	British	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Irish	Irish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	Australian	Australian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	flat	_	_
9	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
16	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	17	nsubj	_	_
17	prepares	prepare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	acl:relcl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
20	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	_	_
23	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	's	PART	POS	_	25	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
28	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	_	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
30	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
31	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	33	advmod	_	_
32	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	33	nsubj	_	_
33	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	acl:relcl	_	_
34	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	33	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Zealand English |  |  |  |  | in a British Irish person and the shop | tree rules |
| 2 | **prepare** | present | a British Irish person and the shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | present | a British Irish person and the shop *not said here* | medicines |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present | the chemist | the shop |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **buy** | present | you | medicines *= medicine* |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A chemist studies how substances react with each other.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x1:1
# text = A chemist studies how substances react with each other.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	substances	substance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	react	react	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	6	obl	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | a chemist |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **react** | present | substances |  |  |  |  | with each | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with each=Eventuality |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Marie Curie was a famous chemist and physicist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x2:1
# text = Marie Curie was a famous chemist and physicist.
1	Marie	Marie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Curie	Curie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	famous	famous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	physicist	physicist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Marie | a famous chemist and physicist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Mum went to the chemist's to buy cough medicine.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x3:1
# text = Mum went to the chemist's to buy cough medicine.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
9	cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | Mum |  |  |  |  | to the chemist | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | Mum *not said here* | cough medicine |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chemist told us how many spoonfuls to take.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x4:1
# text = The chemist told us how many spoonfuls to take.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	spoonfuls	spoonful	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the chemist | many spoonfuls | us |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient spoonful=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive | the chemist *not said here* | many spoonfuls *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The chemist wore goggles and gloves in the lab.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x5:1
# text = The chemist wore goggles and gloves in the lab.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	goggles	goggle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	gloves	glove	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lab	lab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the chemist | goggles and gloves |  | the lab |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent goggle=Source |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Is there a chemist near the station?

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x6:1
# text = Is there a chemist near the station?
1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	1	expl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
5	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a chemist near the station |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
When I grow up, I want to be a chemist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x7:1
# text = When I grow up, I want to be a chemist.
1	When	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
6	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
9	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow up** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **want** | present | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **is a** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | I *not said here* | a chemist |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
But then this wonderful ointment could not be bought at a chemist's.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:chemist:x8:1
# text = But then this wonderful ointment could not be bought at a chemist's.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
2	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
3	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
4	wonderful	wonderful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	ointment	ointment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	chemist	chemist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **buy** | could · passive |  | this wonderful ointment |  | a chemist | then |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at chemist=Asset |

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