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title: palliative — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «palliative» in the school dictionary: Palliative care is care that keeps a very ill person comfortable and free from pain when their illness cannot be cured. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# palliative

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**Who acts:** care care, Palliative, problem, Grandad, Nan, Palliative care · **What happens:** be, keep, not cure, mean, make, feel · **To what, where:** care care, ill person, pain, illness, problem, cause

<!-- .vabout -->
«palliative» in the school dictionary: its 3 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: [palliative in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/palliative.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: medicine — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Palliative care is care that keeps a very ill person comfortable and free from pain when their illness cannot be cured.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:m1:1
# text = Palliative care is care that keeps a very ill person comfortable and free from pain when their illness cannot be cured.
1	Palliative	palliative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	very	very	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	conj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
16	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	22	advmod	_	_
17	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
19	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	22	advmod	_	_
21	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	cured	cure	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | care care |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | present | care care |  | a ill person | pain |  | comfortable *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer person=Beneficiary from pain=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **cure** | can · passive |  | their illness |  |  |  |  | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source |

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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}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Palliative means making a problem feel less bad for now without fixing its cause.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:m2:1
# text = Palliative means making a problem feel less bad for now without fixing its cause.
1	Palliative	palliative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	making	make	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	feel	feel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
8	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	obl	_	_
11	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	fixing	fix	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	advcl	_	_
13	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Palliative |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** *not said to happen* | gerund | Palliative *not said here* | a problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **feel** *not said to happen* | infinitive | a problem *not said here* |  |  |  |  | bad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **fix** | gerund | a problem *not said here* | Palliative's cause |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cause=Patient |
| 5 | **cause** |  | Palliative |  |  |  |  |  | nom cause «event transitive»: poss=agent |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: noun, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A palliative is something that eases pain or a problem for a while.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:m3:1
# text = A palliative is something that eases pain or a problem for a while.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	palliative	palliative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	eases	ease	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	while	while	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a palliative | something |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ease** | present |  | pain or a problem |  |  | while |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent pain=Patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandad is now in palliative care at the hospice.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x1:1
# text = Grandad is now in palliative care at the hospice.
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	palliative	palliative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hospice	hospice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Grandad |  |  | palliative care | now | at the hospice | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The palliative care nurses made sure Nan was not in pain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x2:1
# text = The palliative care nurses made sure Nan was not in pain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	palliative	palliative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	nurses	nurse	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	Nan	Nan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	pain	pain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | the palliative care nurses *not said here* |  |  |  | sure *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **not** **is** | past | Nan |  |  | pain |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Palliative care helps people stay comfortable and calm.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x3:1
# text = Palliative care helps people stay comfortable and calm.
1	Palliative	palliative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	comfortable	comfortable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	calm	calm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Palliative care | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | comfortable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The family could visit every day during his palliative care.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x4:1
# text = The family could visit every day during his palliative care.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
7	during	during	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	palliative	palliative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	care	care	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **visit** | could | the family |  |  |  | during family's palliative care; day |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **care** |  | family |  |  |  |  |  | nom care «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(formal) Painting over the crack was only a palliative measure.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x5:1
# text = (formal) Painting over the crack was only a palliative measure.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Painting	painting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crack	crack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	palliative	palliative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	measure	measure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | formal Painting over the crack | a palliative measure |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
(formal) Extra homework club is a palliative, not a cure, for the reading problem.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x6:1
# text = (formal) Extra homework club is a palliative, not a cure, for the reading problem.
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	formal	formal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	2	punct	_	_
4	Extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	club	club	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	palliative	palliative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cure	cure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	reading	reading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | formal homework club | a palliative and a cure and the reading problem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A palliative doctor talks gently with the patient and the family.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:palliative:x7:1
# text = A palliative doctor talks gently with the patient and the family.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	palliative	palliative	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	talks	talk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	patient	patient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **talk** | present | a palliative doctor |  |  |  |  | with the patient and the family; gently *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with patient=Co-Agent |

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