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title: heal — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heal» in the school dictionary: To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heal

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**Who acts:** cut, you, scab, broken arm, Doctors, people · **What happens:** heal, mean, become, break, get, make · **To what, where:** someone, them, bad feelings, knee, scab, people · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«heal» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [heal in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heal.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:m1:1
# text = To heal means to become healthy again after an injury, like a cut or broken bone getting better.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	again	again	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	injury	injury	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
16	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
18	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
19	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | after a injury; again | healthy *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 5 | **get** | gerund | a cut or broken bone *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

<!-- .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 -->
To heal someone means to make them well again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:m2:1
# text = To heal someone means to make them well again.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	again	again	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  | someone |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | them *= they* |  |  | again |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To heal can also mean to make bad feelings or a quarrel better.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:m3:1
# text = To heal can also mean to make bad feelings or a quarrel better.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	csubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	feelings	feeling	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
13	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **mean** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **make** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | bad feelings or a quarrel |  |  |  | good *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset feeling=Product |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The cut on my knee healed in a week.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x1:1
# text = The cut on my knee healed in a week.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cut	cut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	knee	knee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	healed	heal	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | participle |  | my knee *not said here* |  |  | week |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't pick your scab, or it won't heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x2:1
# text = Don't pick your scab, or it won't heal.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	pick	pick	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	scab	scab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **pick** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | your scab |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scab=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **heal** | future | scab |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A broken arm takes about six weeks to heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x3:1
# text = A broken arm takes about six weeks to heal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **take** | present | a broken arm |  |  |  | week |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **heal** | to-infinitive | a broken arm *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doctors and nurses help people heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x4:1
# text = Doctors and nurses help people heal.
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	help	help	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Doctors and nurses | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep the wound clean so it heals.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x5:1
# text = Keep the wound clean so it heals.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	clean	clean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	heals	heal	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the wound |  |  |  | clean *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wound=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | present | wound |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Time helped heal her sadness.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x6:1
# text = Time helped heal her sadness.
1	Time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	sadness	sadness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | Time |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | infinitive | Time *not said here* | her sadness |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sadness=Patient |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They said sorry and the friendship healed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x7:1
# text = They said sorry and the friendship healed.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	friendship	friendship	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	healed	heal	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | past | They |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **heal** | past | the friendship |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aloe vera gel can help sunburn heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x8:1
# text = Aloe vera gel can help sunburn heal.
1	Aloe	Aloe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	vera	Vera	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	gel	gel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	sunburn	sunburn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | can | Aloe gel | sunburn |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sunburn=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **heal** | infinitive | sunburn *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heal:x9:1
# text = A wound from Kay's sword no physician could heal.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wound	wound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	Kay	Kay	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	sword	sword	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	physician	physician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **heal** | could | a wound from Kay's sword and no physician |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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