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title: physiotherapy — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «physiotherapy» in the school dictionary: Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not medicine. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# physiotherapy

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**Who acts:** Physiotherapy treatment, people, Mia, Physiotherapy, Grandad, I · **What happens:** be, help, heal, move, use, break · **To what, where:** Physiotherapy treatment, people, exercises, leg, physiotherapy, hard work

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not medicine.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:m1:1
# text = Physiotherapy is treatment that helps people heal and move better using exercises, stretching, massage and sometimes heat or cold, not medicine.
1	Physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	treatment	treatment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	heal	heal	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
11	using	use	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
12	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	stretching	stretching	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	massage	massage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	19	advmod	_	_
19	heat	heat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	_	_
23	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	24	advmod	_	_
24	medicine	medicine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | Physiotherapy treatment |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | present | Physiotherapy treatment | people |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 3 | **heal** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **move** | infinitive | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **use** | gerund | people *not said here* | exercises and stretching and massage and heat and medicine |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent exercise=Patient |

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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 -->
After breaking her leg, Mia had physiotherapy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x1:1
# text = After breaking her leg, Mia had physiotherapy.
1	After	after	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	breaking	break	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	leg	leg	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
6	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | gerund | Mia *not said here* | her leg |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | past | Mia | physiotherapy |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent physiotherapy=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Physiotherapy helped Grandad walk again.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x2:1
# text = Physiotherapy helped Grandad walk again.
1	Physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | past | Physiotherapy |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | Grandad |  |  |  | again |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
I go to physiotherapy on Thursdays.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x3:1
# text = I go to physiotherapy on Thursdays.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	Thursdays	Thursday	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | I |  |  | physiotherapy | thursday |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to physiotherapy=Initial\_Location |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Physiotherapy exercises can be hard work.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x4:1
# text = Physiotherapy exercises can be hard work.
1	Physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	exercises	exercise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | Physiotherapy exercises | hard work |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The swimmer needed physiotherapy for her shoulder.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x5:1
# text = The swimmer needed physiotherapy for her shoulder.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	swimmer	swimmer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	shoulder	shoulder	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 | **need** | past | the swimmer | physiotherapy |  |  |  | for swimmer's shoulder | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot physiotherapy=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her physiotherapy took six weeks.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:physiotherapy:x6:1
# text = Her physiotherapy took six weeks.
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	physiotherapy	physiotherapy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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 | **take** | past | Her physiotherapy |  |  |  | week |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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