--- title: Parts of a plant and what each does — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Parts of a plant and what each does», a lesson of the world course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: A flowering plant is like a small factory with different parts doing different jobs. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/) / Parts of a plant and what each does # Parts of a plant and what each does Lesson 21 of the world course of Mova's primary school: 15 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/0/) — A flowering plant is like a small factory with different parts doing different jobs. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/1/) — The roots hold the plant in the soil and take in water and minerals; the stem holds the plant up and carries water up and food around through thin tubes. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/2/) — The leaves are the kitchens of the plant: they use sunlight to make food for the whole plant. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/3/) — The flower makes seeds, and the fruit protects the seeds and helps them travel. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/4/) — Put a white carnation in a glass of water with blue ink: after a day its petals turn blue, because the stem carried the coloured water all the way up. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/5/) — Roots anchor a plant in the soil so wind and rain cannot easily pull it out. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/6/) — Roots take in water and minerals from the soil through tiny root hairs. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/7/) — The stem holds up the leaves and flowers so they can reach the light. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/8/) — The stem has thin tubes that carry water up from the roots and food from the leaves to other parts. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/9/) — Leaves make food for the plant using sunlight. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/11/) — The flower is the part of the plant that makes seeds. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/12/) — The fruit grows from part of the flower and holds the seeds inside. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/13/) — A seed contains a tiny young plant and a store of food for it. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/14/) — Some plants store food in their roots, like carrots and sweet potatoes, or in underground stems, like potatoes. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/21-parts-of-a-plant/15/) — Plants do not take their food from the soil; they make it themselves in their leaves. - ← previous: [Clever reasoning about water and matter](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/20-reasoning-water-and-matter/) - next →: [How plants make their food](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/22-photosynthesis/) - ↑ back to [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/)