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title: fruit — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «fruit» in the Early Modern English dictionary: anything a plant or land produces, such as crops; also the children born from a body. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# fruit

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**Who acts:** trees, I, He, Mem · **What happens:** bear, possess, leave, cause, predominate, crown · **To what, where:** children, body, fruit, son, Mem, Water

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«fruit» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [fruit in the Early Modern English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/emode/w/fruit.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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anything a plant or land produces, such as crops; also the children born from a body.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fruit:m1:1
# text = anything a plant or land produces, such as crops; also the children born from a body.
1	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	plant	plant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	produces	produce	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	fixed	_	_
10	crops	crop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	also	also	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
15	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	body	body	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | participle |  | the children *not said here* |  | a body |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

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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}

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All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.

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From Torah DEU.28.42, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fruit:x1:1
# text = All thy trees and the fruit of thy land shall the locust possess.
1	All	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
2	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	thy	thy	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	locust	locust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	possess	possess	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | shall | thy trees and the fruit of thy land |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To my son Ciccu I leave the fruit.

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From The Pink Fairy Book.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fruit:x2:1
# text = To my son Ciccu I leave the fruit.
1	To	to	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
4	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
5	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present | I | the fruit | my son |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent fruit=Theme to son=Recipient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly.

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From Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1887.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:fruit:x3:1
# text = He caused Mem to predominate in Water, and crowned it, and combined it with others, and formed Earth on the world, cold in the year, and the fruit of the womb in mankind, being carried in the belly.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	Mem	Mem	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	predominate	predominate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Water	Water	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	crowned	crown	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	combined	combine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
20	formed	form	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
21	Earth	Earth	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	obj	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
27	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
29	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	41	cc	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	nsubj:pass	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	IN	_	36	case	_	_
35	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	36	det	_	_
36	womb	womb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	_	_
38	mankind	mankind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	41	punct	_	_
40	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	41	aux:pass	_	_
41	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
42	in	in	ADP	IN	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	belly	belly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | past | He | Mem |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **predominate** | to-infinitive | Mem *not said here* |  |  | Water |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in water=Location |
| 3 | **crown** | past | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 4 | **combine** | past | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  | with others | vn mix-22.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient with other=Co-Patient |
| 5 | **form** | past | He *not said here* | Earth |  | the world |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location earth=Theme |
| 6 | **carry** | gerund · passive |  | the fruit of the womb in mankind |  | the belly |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in belly=Location |

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