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title: hothouse — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «hothouse» in the school dictionary: A hothouse is a warm glass building where plants grow that could not live outside in cold weather. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# hothouse

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**Who acts:** hothouse, plants, gardener, Tender plants, flowers, teacher · **What happens:** be, grow, not live, keep, need, walk · **To what, where:** warm glass building, cold weather, orchids, hothouse, tomatoes

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«hothouse» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 5 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: [hothouse in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/hothouse.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A hothouse is a warm glass building where plants grow that could not live outside in cold weather.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:m1:1
# text = A hothouse is a warm glass building where plants grow that could not live outside in cold weather.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	hothouse	hothouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	warm	warm	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	glass	glass	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	grow	grow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
11	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
15	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a hothouse | a warm glass building |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **grow** | present | plants |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **not** **live** | could | plants *not said here* |  |  | cold weather |  | outside *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in weather=Location |

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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 gardener kept orchids in the hothouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:x1:1
# text = The gardener kept orchids in the hothouse.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gardener	gardener	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	orchids	orchid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hothouse	hothouse	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 | **keep** | past | the gardener | orchids |  | the hothouse |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent orchid=Theme in hothouse=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Tender plants need a hothouse in winter.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:x2:1
# text = Tender plants need a hothouse in winter.
1	Tender	tender	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	plants	plant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hothouse	hothouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	winter	winter	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** | present | Tender plants | a hothouse |  |  | winter |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hothouse=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The flowers in the hothouse were bright and rare.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:x3:1
# text = The flowers in the hothouse were bright and rare.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hothouse	hothouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	rare	rare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the flowers in the hothouse |  |  |  |  | bright *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | the flowers in the hothouse *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our teacher grows tomatoes in a hothouse.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:x4:1
# text = Our teacher grows tomatoes in a hothouse.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	grows	grow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	tomatoes	tomato	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hothouse	hothouse	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 | **grow** | present | Our teacher | tomatoes |  | a hothouse |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tomato=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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We walked through a hothouse full of tropical trees.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:hothouse:x5:1
# text = We walked through a hothouse full of tropical trees.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	hothouse	hothouse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	tropical	tropical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	trees	tree	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | past | We |  |  | a hothouse |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through hothouse=Trajectory |

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