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title: calyx — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «calyx» in the school dictionary: The ring of green leaves (sepals) that wraps around the bud of a flower. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# calyx

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**Who acts:** ring, green calyx, you, petals · **What happens:** wrap, protect, pull off, rise up · **To what, where:** bud, calyx

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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The ring of green leaves (sepals) that wraps around the bud of a flower.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calyx:m1:1
# text = The ring of green leaves (sepals) that wraps around the bud of a flower.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leaves	leaf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	sepals	sepal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wraps	wrap	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	around	around	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bud	bud	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	flower	flower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wrap** | present | the ring of green leaves |  |  | the bud of a flower |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme around bud=Destination |

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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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The green calyx protects the bud.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calyx:x1:1
# text = The green calyx protects the bud.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	calyx	calyx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	protects	protect	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bud	bud	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 | **protect** | present | the green calyx | the bud |  |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Beneficiary |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Pull off the calyx of the thistle.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calyx:x2:1
# text = Pull off the calyx of the thistle.
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	off	off	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	calyx	calyx	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	thistle	thistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull off** | imperative | you *not said here* | the calyx of the thistle |  |  |  |  | vn complete-55.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent calyx=Eventuality |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The petals rise up from the calyx.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:calyx:x3:1
# text = The petals rise up from the calyx.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	petals	petal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	calyx	calyx	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 | **rise up** | present | the petals |  |  | the calyx |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from calyx=Initial\_Location |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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