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title: pharmacist — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «pharmacist» in the school dictionary: A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# pharmacist

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**Who acts:** trained person, pharmacist, doctor, you, aunt, medicine · **What happens:** train, prepare, sell, explain, take, give · **To what, where:** medicines, medicine, Mum, pharmacist, me, one tablet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:m1:1
# text = A trained person who prepares and sells medicines and explains how to take them safely.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	trained	train	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	prepares	prepare	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
8	medicines	medicine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	explains	explain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	13	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
14	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	obj	_	_
15	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **prepare** | present | a trained person |  |  |  |  |  | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **sell** | present | a trained person *not said here* | medicines |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent medicine=Theme |
| 4 | **explain** *speech: assert* | present | a trained person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **take** | to-infinitive | a trained person *not said here* | medicines *= medicine* |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

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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 pharmacist gave Mum the medicine the doctor ordered.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x1:1
# text = The pharmacist gave Mum the medicine the doctor ordered.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	Mum	Mum	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	iobj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	doctor	doctor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | the pharmacist | the medicine | Mum |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient medicine=Theme |
| 2 | **order** | past | the doctor |  |  |  |  |  | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ask the pharmacist if you are not sure how much to take.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x2:1
# text = Ask the pharmacist if you are not sure how much to take.
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	sure	sure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
9	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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* | the pharmacist |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent pharmacist=Recipient |
| 2 | **not** **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | sure *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **take** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pharmacist told me to take one tablet three times a day.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x3:1
# text = The pharmacist told me to take one tablet three times a day.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the pharmacist |  | me |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the pharmacist *not said here* | one tablet |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt is a pharmacist at the hospital.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x4:1
# text = My aunt is a pharmacist at the hospital.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	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	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My aunt | a pharmacist |  | the hospital |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pharmacist explained that the medicine might make me sleepy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x5:1
# text = The pharmacist explained that the medicine might make me sleepy.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pharmacist	pharmacist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	explained	explain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 pharmacist |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **make** | might | the medicine | me |  |  |  | sleepy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset i=Product |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pharmacists study for many years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:pharmacist:x6:1
# text = Pharmacists study for many years.
1	Pharmacists	pharmacist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	study	study	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | Pharmacists |  |  |  | year |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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