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title: orphanage — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «orphanage» in the school dictionary: An orphanage is a home where children who have no parents live and are cared for. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# orphanage

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**Who acts:** orphanage, children · **What happens:** be, have, live, care, adopt · **To what, where:** home, parents, orphanage, She, big garden

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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An orphanage is a home where children who have no parents live and are cared for.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orphanage:m1:1
# text = An orphanage is a home where children who have no parents live and are cared for.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orphanage	orphanage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
11	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	cared	care	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a orphanage | a home |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | children | no parents |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Patient |
| 3 | **live** | present | children |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **care** | present · passive | children *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V» |

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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 children lived in an orphanage in the city.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orphanage:x1:1
# text = The children lived in an orphanage in the city.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lived	live	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	orphanage	orphanage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	city	city	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **live** | past | the children |  |  | a orphanage |  | in the city | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in orphanage=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She was adopted from the orphanage.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orphanage:x2:1
# text = She was adopted from the orphanage.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	orphanage	orphanage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	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 | **adopt** | past · passive |  | She |  | the orphanage |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The orphanage had a big garden for the children.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:orphanage:x3:1
# text = The orphanage had a big garden for the children.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	orphanage	orphanage	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	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	garden	garden	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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