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title: citrus — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «citrus» in the school dictionary: A group of fruit trees, and their juicy fruits with thick peel, such as oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# citrus

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**Who acts:** Oranges, Citrus fruits, I, citrus, Sailors, Lemon juice · **What happens:** be, love, smell, eat, stop, grow · **To what, where:** citrus fruits, smell, citrus fruit, scurvy, citrus, warm places

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A group of fruit trees, and their juicy fruits with thick peel, such as oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:m1:1
# text = A group of fruit trees, and their juicy fruits with thick peel, such as oranges, lemons, limes and grapefruit.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	juicy	juicy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	thick	thick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	peel	peel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
19	lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
21	limes	lime	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	grapefruit	grapefruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Oranges and lemons are citrus fruits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x1:1
# text = Oranges and lemons are citrus fruits.
1	Oranges	orange	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	lemons	lemon	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	citrus	citrus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	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** | present | Oranges and lemons | citrus fruits |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Citrus fruits are full of vitamin C.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x2:1
# text = Citrus fruits are full of vitamin C.
1	Citrus	citrus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fruits	fruit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	vitamin	vitamin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	C.	c.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Citrus fruits |  |  |  |  | of vitamin C.; full *property* | tree rules |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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I love the smell of citrus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x3:1
# text = I love the smell of citrus.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	love	love	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	citrus	citrus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **love** | present | I | the smell of citrus |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smell=Stimulus |
| 2 | **smell** |  | citrus |  |  |  |  |  | nom smell «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sailors ate citrus fruit to stop scurvy.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x4:1
# text = Sailors ate citrus fruit to stop scurvy.
1	Sailors	sailor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	citrus	citrus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	fruit	fruit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	scurvy	scurvy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | past | Sailors | citrus fruit |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fruit=Patient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Sailors *not said here* | scurvy |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality scurvy=Eventuality |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Lemon juice is acidic because it's a citrus.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x5:1
# text = Lemon juice is acidic because it's a citrus.
1	Lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	juice	juice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	acidic	acidic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	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	citrus	citrus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lemon juice |  |  |  |  | acidic *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | juice | a citrus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Citrus trees grow in warm places.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:citrus:x6:1
# text = Citrus trees grow in warm places.
1	Citrus	citrus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | present | Citrus trees |  |  | warm places |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |

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