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title: tabulation — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «tabulation» in the school dictionary: A tabulation is a list of facts arranged in neat rows and columns, such as a table of numbers. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# tabulation

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**Who acts:** tabulation, you, child, Our · **What happens:** be, arrange, make, have, tabulate, use · **To what, where:** list, facts, neat rows, tabulation, many pets, five rows

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A tabulation is a list of facts arranged in neat rows and columns, such as a table of numbers.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tabulation:m1:1
# text = A tabulation is a list of facts arranged in neat rows and columns, such as a table of numbers.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tabulation	tabulation	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	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	arranged	arrange	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	neat	neat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	columns	column	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	18	case	_	_
16	as	as	ADP	IN	_	15	fixed	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	table	table	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a tabulation | a list |  |  |  | of facts | tree rules |
| 2 | **arrange** | participle |  | facts *not said here* |  | neat rows and columns and a table of numbers |  |  | vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in row=Destination |

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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}

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Make a tabulation of how many pets each child has.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tabulation:x1:1
# text = Make a tabulation of how many pets each child has.
1	Make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tabulation	tabulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	pets	pet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | imperative | you *not said here* | a tabulation of many pets |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset tabulation=Product |
| 2 | **have** | present | each child | many pets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient |
| 3 | **tabulate** |  |  | many pets |  |  |  |  | nom tabulation «communication transitive»: of=patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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Our tabulation of votes has five rows.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tabulation:x2:1
# text = Our tabulation of votes has five rows.
1	Our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	tabulation	tabulation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	votes	vote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	rows	row	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Our tabulation of votes | five rows |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent row=Patient |
| 2 | **tabulate** |  | Our | votes |  |  |  |  | nom tabulation «communication transitive»: poss=agent of=patient |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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It is hard to use long tabulations without a shorthand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:tabulation:x3:1
# text = It is hard to use long tabulations without a shorthand.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	tabulations	tabulation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	shorthand	shorthand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive |  | long tabulations |  |  |  | without a shorthand | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tabulation=Patient |

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**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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