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title: lemony — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «lemony» in the school dictionary: Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# lemony

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**Who acts:** Lemony, cake, kitchen, She, tea, fish · **What happens:** mean, taste, smell, be, have, clean · **To what, where:** pale yellow colour, lemony taste, walls, mouth pucker

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:m1:1
# text = Lemony means tasting or smelling of lemon, or being the pale yellow colour of a lemon.
1	Lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	tasting	taste	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
12	pale	pale	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
13	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	colour	colour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lemon	lemon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Lemony |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **taste** *not said to happen* | gerund | Lemony *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **smell** | gerund | Lemony *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of lemon | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Location of lemon=Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | gerund |  | the pale yellow colour |  |  |  | of a lemon | tree rules |

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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 cake had a lemony taste.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x1:1
# text = The cake had a lemony taste.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cake	cake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | the cake | a lemony taste |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent taste=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The kitchen smelled lemony after cleaning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x2:1
# text = The kitchen smelled lemony after cleaning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	smelled	smell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lemony	lemony	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	cleaning	clean	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **smell** | past | the kitchen |  |  |  |  | lemony *property* | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **clean** | gerund | the kitchen *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She painted the walls a lemony yellow.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x3:1
# text = She painted the walls a lemony yellow.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	painted	paint	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	yellow	yellow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	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 | **paint** | past | She | the walls |  |  |  |  | vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent wall=Patient yellow=Result |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
This tea is fresh and lemony.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x4:1
# text = This tea is fresh and lemony.
1	This	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	tea	tea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | this tea |  |  |  |  | fresh *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | this tea *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The fish came with a lemony sauce.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x5:1
# text = The fish came with a lemony sauce.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fish	fish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sauce	sauce	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 | **come** | past | the fish |  |  |  |  | with a lemony sauce | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lemony sweets made my mouth pucker.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:lemony:x6:1
# text = The lemony sweets made my mouth pucker.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	lemony	lemony	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	mouth	mouth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pucker	pucker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle | the lemony sweets *not said here* | my mouth pucker |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pucker=Product |

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