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title: leukaemia — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «leukaemia» in the school dictionary: Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# leukaemia

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**Who acts:** Leukaemia, body, cousin, Doctors, medicines, school · **What happens:** be, make, have, get, affect, treat · **To what, where:** kind, many faulty white blood cells, leukaemia, white blood cells, chemotherapy, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«leukaemia» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [leukaemia in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/leukaemia.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:m1:1
# text = Leukaemia is a kind of cancer of the blood and bone marrow, where the body makes too many faulty white blood cells.
1	Leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cancer	cancer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	bone	bone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	marrow	marrow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	17	advmod	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
18	too	too	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
20	faulty	faulty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
21	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Leukaemia | a kind |  |  |  | of cancer; of the blood and bone marrow | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | present | the body | many faulty white blood cells |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset cell=Product |

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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 -->
My cousin had leukaemia and got better after treatment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:x1:1
# text = My cousin had leukaemia and got better after treatment.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | My cousin | leukaemia |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leukaemia=Patient |
| 2 | **get** | past | My cousin *not said here* |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leukaemia affects the white blood cells.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:x2:1
# text = Leukaemia affects the white blood cells.
1	Leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	cells	cell	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **affect** | present | Leukaemia | the white blood cells |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cell=Experiencer |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Doctors treat leukaemia with medicines called chemotherapy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:x3:1
# text = Doctors treat leukaemia with medicines called chemotherapy.
1	Doctors	doctor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	treat	treat	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	chemotherapy	chemotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **treat** | present | Doctors | leukaemia |  |  |  | with medicines | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent leukaemia=Recipient with medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **call** | participle | medicines *not said here* | chemotherapy |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our school raised money for leukaemia research.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:x4:1
# text = Our school raised money for leukaemia research.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	research	research	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | Our school | money |  |  |  | for leukaemia research | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You cannot catch leukaemia from someone.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:leukaemia:x5:1
# text = You cannot catch leukaemia from someone.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	leukaemia	leukaemia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | can | You | leukaemia |  | someone |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent leukaemia=Theme from someone=Source |

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