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title: demographer — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «demographer» in the school dictionary: A scientist who studies populations: how many people live in a place, how old they are, how many are born, die or move. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# demographer

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**Who acts:** scientist, many people, demographer, Demographers, population, families · **What happens:** study, live, be, bear, die, move · **To what, where:** populations, place, many, many people, census numbers, chart · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«demographer» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: [demographer in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/demographer.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A scientist who studies populations: how many people live in a place, how old they are, how many are born, die or move.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:m1:1
# text = A scientist who studies populations: how many people live in a place, how old they are, how many are born, die or move.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scientist	scientist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	populations	population	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	16	advmod	_	_
16	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
20	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	21	advmod	_	_
21	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
22	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
25	die	die	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
26	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	_	_
27	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	25	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | a scientist | populations |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent population=Topic |
| 2 | **live** | present | many people |  |  | a place |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | old *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **bear** | present · passive |  | many |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 5 | **die** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 6 | **move** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A demographer studies how many people are born each year.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x1:1
# text = A demographer studies how many people are born each year.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demographer	demographer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	born	bear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **study** | present | a demographer |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **bear** | present · passive |  | many people |  |  | year |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Demographers say the town's population will double.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x2:1
# text = Demographers say the town's population will double.
1	Demographers	demographer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	double	double	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Demographers |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **double** | future | the town's population |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The demographer used census numbers to make a chart.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x3:1
# text = The demographer used census numbers to make a chart.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demographer	demographer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	census	census	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	chart	chart	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | participle | the demographer | census numbers |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |
| 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | the demographer *not said here* | a chart |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset chart=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Demographers noticed that families are getting smaller.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x4:1
# text = Demographers noticed that families are getting smaller.
1	Demographers	demographer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	noticed	notice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	ccomp	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **notice** | past | Demographers |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **get** | present · progressive | families |  |  |  |  | small *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

## Example 5 {#x5}

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Planners asked a demographer how many school places would be needed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x5:1
# text = Planners asked a demographer how many school places would be needed.
1	Planners	planner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asked	ask	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	demographer	demographer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | Planners | a demographer |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent demographer=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** | would · passive |  | many school places |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
My aunt is a demographer who studies where people move.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:demographer:x6:1
# text = My aunt is a demographer who studies where people move.
1	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	demographer	demographer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	studies	study	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	move	move	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | My aunt | a demographer |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **study** | present | a demographer |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **move** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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