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title: nutritionist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «nutritionist» in the school dictionary: A nutritionist is a person who knows a lot about food and how it affects health, and gives advice on healthy eating. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# nutritionist

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**Who acts:** nutritionist, person, we, football club, She, breakfast · **What happens:** be, know, affect, give, say, eat · **To what, where:** person, lot, health, advice, healthy eating, more vegetables · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A nutritionist is a person who knows a lot about food and how it affects health, and gives advice on healthy eating.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:m1:1
# text = A nutritionist is a person who knows a lot about food and how it affects health, and gives advice on healthy eating.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nutritionist	nutritionist	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	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	about	about	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	15	advmod	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	affects	affect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	advice	advice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obj	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
22	healthy	healthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	eating	eating	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a nutritionist | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **know** | present | a person | a lot |  |  |  | about food | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer lot=Stimulus |
| 3 | **affect** | present | nutritionist | health |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus health=Experiencer |
| 4 | **give** | present | a person *not said here* | advice |  | healthy eating |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent advice=Theme on eating=Asset |

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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 -->
The nutritionist said we should eat more vegetables.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x1:1
# text = The nutritionist said we should eat more vegetables.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
7	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	vegetables	vegetable	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the nutritionist |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **eat** | should | we | more vegetables |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vegetable=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our football club has a nutritionist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x2:1
# text = Our football club has a nutritionist.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our football club | a nutritionist |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nutritionist=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A nutritionist helped plan the school menu.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x3:1
# text = A nutritionist helped plan the school menu.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	plan	plan	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	menu	menu	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | a nutritionist |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **plan** | infinitive | a nutritionist *not said here* | the school menu |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent menu=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She wants to become a nutritionist.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x4:1
# text = She wants to become a nutritionist.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **become** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | a nutritionist |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nutritionist explained why breakfast matters.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x5:1
# text = The nutritionist explained why breakfast matters.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
5	breakfast	breakfast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **explain** *speech: assert* | past | the nutritionist |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **matter** | present | breakfast |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask a doctor or nutritionist before changing your diet a lot.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:nutritionist:x6:1
# text = Ask a doctor or nutritionist before changing your diet a lot.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	nutritionist	nutritionist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	changing	change	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	diet	diet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | a doctor or nutritionist |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient |
| 2 | **change** | gerund | you *not said here* | your diet |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent diet=Patient |

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