premise: the <mask> of a transitive verb
hypothesis: the best context for <mask> here is Anything which is set, or which may be regarded as set, before the mind so as to be apprehended or known; that of which the mind by any of its activities takes cognizance, whether a thing external in space or a conception formed by the mind itself; but not A word, phrase, or clause toward which an action is directed, or is considered to be directed.