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title: housing — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «housing» in the school dictionary: A housing is the decorated cloth or cover laid over a horse's back, often with fine embroidery. (old use, in fairy tales). Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# housing

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**Who acts:** housing, She, horse, golden housing · **What happens:** decorate, be, lay, ride, embroider, wear · **To what, where:** decorated cloth, back, white horse, housings, golden housing, sun.

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A housing is the decorated cloth or cover laid over a horse's back, often with fine embroidery. (old use, in fairy tales).

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*Sentence 1:* A housing is the decorated cloth or cover laid over a horse's back, often with fine embroidery.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:housing:m1:1
# text = A housing is the decorated cloth or cover laid over a horse's back, often with fine embroidery.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	housing	housing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	decorated	decorate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	cloth	cloth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	cover	cover	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	laid	lay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	often	often	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	embroidery	embroidery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decorate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a housing | the decorated cloth or cover and fine embroidery |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **lay** | participle |  | the decorated cloth or cover and fine embroidery *not said here* |  | a horse's back |  |  | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent over back=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.

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*Sentence 2:* (old use, in fairy tales).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:housing:m1:2
# text = (old use, in fairy tales).
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	tales	tale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She rode a white horse with a housing of red silk.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:housing:x1:1
# text = She rode a white horse with a housing of red silk.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	rode	ride	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	housing	housing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | past | She | a white horse |  |  |  | with a housing of red silk | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The housings were embroidered with gold thread.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:housing:x2:1
# text = The housings were embroidered with gold thread.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	housings	housing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	embroidered	embroider	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	thread	thread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **embroider** | past · passive |  | the housings |  |  |  | with gold thread | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with thread=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The knight's horse wore a golden housing that shone in the sun.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:housing:x3:1
# text = The knight's horse wore a golden housing that shone in the sun.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	golden	golden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	housing	housing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	shone	shine	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	sun.	sun.	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | past | the knight's horse | a golden housing |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent housing=Theme |
| 2 | **shine** | past | a golden housing |  |  | the sun. |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sun.=Location |

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