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title: medication — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «medication» in the school dictionary: Medication is medicine: pills, liquids, creams or injections that a doctor gives to treat an illness or stop pain. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# medication

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**Who acts:** doctor, nurse, you, Dad, his, medications · **What happens:** be, give, treat, stop, mean, take · **To what, where:** Medication medicine, creams, illness, pain, medication, medicine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«medication» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [medication in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/medication.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Medication is medicine: pills, liquids, creams or injections that a doctor gives to treat an illness or stop pain.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:m1:1
# text = Medication is medicine: pills, liquids, creams or injections that a doctor gives to treat an illness or stop pain.
1	Medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	pills	pill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	liquids	liquid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	creams	cream	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	injections	injection	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	treat	treat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
18	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	conj	_	_
22	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Medication medicine and pills and liquids and creams or injections |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **give** | present | a doctor | creams or injections |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **treat** | to-infinitive | a doctor *not said here* | a illness |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent illness=Recipient |
| 4 | **stop** | present | a doctor *not said here* | pain |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality pain=Eventuality |

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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 -->
Being on medication means taking medicine regularly.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:m2:1
# text = Being on medication means taking medicine regularly.
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	cop	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	csubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	taking	take	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | medication |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **take** *not said to happen* | gerund |  | medicine |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |

## Example 1 {#x1}

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The nurse keeps our medication in a locked cupboard.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x1:1
# text = The nurse keeps our medication in a locked cupboard.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	locked	lock	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	cupboard	cupboard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	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 | **keep** | present | the nurse | our medication |  | a locked cupboard |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medication=Theme in cupboard=Location |
| 2 | **lock** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never take someone else's medication.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x2:1
# text = Never take someone else's medication.
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	else	else	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
6	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **not** **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | someone's medication |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medication=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad is on medication for his high blood pressure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x3:1
# text = Dad is on medication for his high blood pressure.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	blood	blood	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	pressure	pressure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Dad |  |  | medication |  | for his high blood pressure | tree rules |
| 2 | **press** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pressure «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Read the label before giving any medication.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x4:1
# text = Read the label before giving any medication.
1	Read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	label	label	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | the label |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent label=Topic |
| 2 | **give** | gerund | you *not said here* | any medication |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medication=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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The doctor changed her medication.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x5:1
# text = The doctor changed her medication.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	changed	change	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | past | the doctor | doctor's medication |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medication=Patient |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Some medications make you sleepy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x6:1
# text = Some medications make you sleepy.
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	medications	medication	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | some medications | you |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Keep all medication out of reach of children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:medication:x7:1
# text = Keep all medication out of reach of children.
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	medication	medication	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | all medication |  | reach of children |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent medication=Theme out reach=Location |

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