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title: clinical — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «clinical» in the school dictionary: Clinical means to do with treating patients in hospitals or clinics: «a clinical trial». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# clinical

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**Who acts:** Clinical, room, Clinical depression, striker, white room, Doctors · **What happens:** mean, do, treat, look, feel, be · **To what, where:** patients, hospitals, clinical finish, serious illness, medicine, clinical trials · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«clinical» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings 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: [clinical in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/clinical.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinical means to do with treating patients in hospitals or clinics: «a clinical trial».

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:m1:1
# text = Clinical means to do with treating patients in hospitals or clinics: «a clinical trial».
1	Clinical	Clinical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
5	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	treating	treat	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
7	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	clinics	clinic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	trial	trial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Clinical |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **do** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **treat** | gerund |  | patients |  | hospitals or clinics |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent patient=Recipient |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinical means cold, very clean and plain, without warmth: «The room looked clinical».

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:m2:1
# text = Clinical means cold, very clean and plain, without warmth: «The room looked clinical».
1	Clinical	Clinical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	plain	plain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	warmth	warmth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	16	punct	_	_
13	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
17	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Clinical |  |  |  |  | without warmth; cold *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** *in a quote* | past | the room |  |  |  |  | clinical *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinical means calm, efficient and without feeling: «a clinical finish» in football.

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:m3:1
# text = Clinical means calm, efficient and without feeling: «a clinical finish» in football.
1	Clinical	Clinical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	efficient	efficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	feeling	feel	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	finish	finish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Clinical | a clinical finish in football |  |  |  | calm *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feel** | gerund | Clinical *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 4 {#m4}

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Usage: medical — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Clinical depression is a serious illness diagnosed by a doctor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:m4:1
# text = Clinical depression is a serious illness diagnosed by a doctor.
1	Clinical	Clinical	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	depression	depression	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	serious	serious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	diagnosed	diagnose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Clinical depression | a serious illness |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **diagnose** | participle |  | a serious illness *not said here* |  |  |  | by a doctor | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The medicine is being tested in clinical trials.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x1:1
# text = The medicine is being tested in clinical trials.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	tested	test	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	trials	trial	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **test** | present · passive |  | the medicine |  | clinical trials |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The striker gave a clinical finish to win the game.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x2:1
# text = The striker gave a clinical finish to win the game.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	striker	striker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	finish	finish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	win	win	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the striker | a clinical finish |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finish=Theme |
| 2 | **win** | to-infinitive | the striker *not said here* | the game |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The white room looked cold and clinical.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x3:1
# text = The white room looked cold and clinical.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | the white room |  |  |  |  | cold *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doctors and nurses do clinical work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x4:1
# text = Doctors and nurses do clinical work.
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | Doctors and nurses | clinical work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He spoke in a clinical voice with no feeling.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x5:1
# text = He spoke in a clinical voice with no feeling.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spoke	speak	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	clinical	clinical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	voice	voice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	feeling	feeling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **speak** *speech: other* | past | He |  |  | a clinical voice |  | with no feeling | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with feeling=Co-Agent |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This cream is clinically proven to help dry skin.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:clinical:x6:1
# text = This cream is clinically proven to help dry skin.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	clinically	clinically	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	proven	prove	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	dry	dry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present · passive |  | this cream |  |  |  | clinically *property* | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | to-infinitive |  | dry skin |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Beneficiary |

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