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title: vestibule — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «vestibule» in the school dictionary: A vestibule is a small hall or porch just inside the front door of a building, before you reach the main rooms. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# vestibule

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**Who acts:** vestibule, you, gate, Pig · **What happens:** be, reach, run off · **To what, where:** small hall, front door, main rooms, open vestibule, front

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«vestibule» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 2 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: [vestibule in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vestibule.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A vestibule is a small hall or porch just inside the front door of a building, before you reach the main rooms.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vestibule:m1:1
# text = A vestibule is a small hall or porch just inside the front door of a building, before you reach the main rooms.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vestibule	vestibule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	hall	hall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	porch	porch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	just	just	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	20	punct	_	_
18	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
20	reach	reach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	parataxis	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	rooms	room	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a vestibule | a small hall or porch |  | the front door of a building |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **reach** | present | you | the main rooms |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent room=Theme |

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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}

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The gate was shut, but in front of it was an open vestibule with a sofa on either side.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vestibule:x1:1
# text = The gate was shut, but in front of it was an open vestibule with a sofa on either side.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	shut	shut	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obl	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	vestibule	vestibule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
15	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	either	either	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	20	det	_	_
20	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the gate |  |  |  |  | shut *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | past | the gate *not said here* | a open vestibule |  | front |  | of gate; with a sofa; on either side | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Pig ran off with him through the open vestibule.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:vestibule:x2:1
# text = The Pig ran off with him through the open vestibule.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	Pig	pig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	off	off	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
7	through	through	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	vestibule	vestibule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run off** | past | the Pig |  |  | the open vestibule |  | with him *= he* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through vestibule=Trajectory |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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