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title: crowd — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «crowd» in the school dictionary: A crowd is a large group of people together in one place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# crowd

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**Who acts:** crowd, place, huge crowd, team, you, People · **What happens:** be, crowd, mean, gather, fill, stand · **To what, where:** large group, place, someone, parade, you, crowd · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«crowd» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 9 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: [crowd in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/crowd.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A crowd is a large group of people together in one place.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:m1:1
# text = A crowd is a large group of people together in one place.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	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	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	together	together	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 crowd | a large group |  |  |  | of people in one place | tree rules |

<!-- .note -->
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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full.

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:m2:1
# text = To crowd means to gather closely together, or to fill a place so it is very full.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
3	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	gather	gather	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	closely	closely	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	together	together	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	fill	fill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
16	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
17	very	very	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crowd** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **gather** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | closely, together *property* | vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **fill** | to-infinitive |  | a place |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent place=Patient |
| 5 | **is** | present | place |  |  |  |  | full *property* | tree rules |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To crowd someone means to stand too close to them.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:m3:1
# text = To crowd someone means to stand too close to them.
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	csubj	_	_
3	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	obj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crowd** | to-infinitive |  |  | someone |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme someone=Destination |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stand** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A huge crowd watched the parade.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x1:1
# text = A huge crowd watched the parade.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	watched	watch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | past | a huge crowd | the parade |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parade=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The crowd cheered when our team scored.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x2:1
# text = The crowd cheered when our team scored.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cheered	cheer	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	scored	score	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cheer** | past | the crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **score** | participle | our team |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x3:1
# text = If you get lost in a crowd, find someone in uniform.
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	advcl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
9	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | you |  | a crowd |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 2 | **find** | imperative | you *not said here* | someone |  | uniform |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
People crowded around the street magician.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x4:1
# text = People crowded around the street magician.
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	crowded	crowd	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	magician	magician	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crowd** | past | People |  |  | the street magician |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent around magician=Destination |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't crowd him; give him some space.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x5:1
# text = Don't crowd him; give him some space.
1	Do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
6	give	give	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **crowd** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme he=Destination |
| 2 | **give** | infinitive | you *not said here* | some space | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient space=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The train was crowded this morning.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x6:1
# text = The train was crowded this morning.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	6	det	_	_
6	morning	morning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the train |  |  |  | morning | crowded *property* | tree rules |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
About 50,000 people were in the crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x7:1
# text = About 50,000 people were in the crowd.
1	About	about	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	50,000	50000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
4	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | 50,000 people |  |  | the crowd |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 8 {#x8}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x8:1
# text = Hold my hand so we don't get separated in the crowd.
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	separated	separate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | my hand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **separate** | present · passive · do-support |  | we |  |  |  | in the crowd *goal* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme in crowd=Goal |

## Example 9 {#x9}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beach is disgracefully crowded this season.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:crowd:x9:1
# text = The beach is disgracefully crowded this season.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	disgracefully	disgracefully	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
7	season	season	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the beach |  |  |  | season | crowded, disgracefully *property* | tree rules |

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