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title: census — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «census» in the school dictionary: An official count of all the people in a country, with facts such as their ages and jobs. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# census

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**Who acts:** government, census, town, We, Volunteers, class · **What happens:** exemplify, take, show, grow, make, graph · **To what, where:** animals, census, graph, census data, pond, frogs · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«census» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: [census in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/census.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
An official count of all the people in a country, with facts such as their ages and jobs.

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:m1:1
# text = An official count of all the people in a country, with facts such as their ages and jobs.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
14	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	17	case	_	_
15	as	as	ADP	IN	_	14	fixed	_	_
16	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	ages	age	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Any official count, for example of animals or birds (a bird census).

<!-- fold The tree, 12 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:m2:1
# text = Any official count, for example of animals or birds (a bird census).
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
2	official	official	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	count	count	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	example	example	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	animals	animal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	birds	bird	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
11	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bird	bird	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exemplify** |  |  | animals or birds |  |  |  |  | nom example «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The government takes a census every ten years.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x1:1
# text = The government takes a census every ten years.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | the government | a census |  |  | year |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent census=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The census showed the town had grown.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x2:1
# text = The census showed the town had grown.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	showed	show	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | past | the census |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **grow** | past · perfect | the town |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
We made a graph of census data in maths.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x3:1
# text = We made a graph of census data in maths.
1	We	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	graph	graph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	data	data	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | We | a graph of census data in maths |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent graph=Product |
| 2 | **graph** |  |  | census data in maths |  |  |  |  | nom graph «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Volunteers took a census of the frogs in the pond.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x4:1
# text = Volunteers took a census of the frogs in the pond.
1	Volunteers	volunteer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	frogs	frog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | Volunteers | a census of the frogs |  | the pond |  |  | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent census=Value in pond=Location |
| 2 | **census** |  |  | the frogs |  |  |  |  | nom census «act transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The census counts everyone living in the country.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x5:1
# text = The census counts everyone living in the country.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	counts	count	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	obj	_	_
5	living	live	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | the census | everyone |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme |
| 2 | **live** | gerund |  |  |  | the country |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in country=Location |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Our class did a census of pets: 12 dogs and 9 cats.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:census:x6:1
# text = Our class did a census of pets: 12 dogs and 9 cats.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	class	class	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	dogs	dog	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	cats	cat	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | past | Our class | a census of pets |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent census=Eventuality |
| 2 | **census** |  |  | pets |  |  |  |  | nom census «act transitive»: of=patient |

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