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title: unemployment — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «unemployment» in the school dictionary: Unemployment is when people who want a job and can work cannot find one. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

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# unemployment

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**Who acts:** Unemployment, people, unemployment rate, Dad, government, Training · **What happens:** be, want, work, not find, have, look · **To what, where:** people, job, one, number, money, government · **Speech:** someone speaks here

<!-- .vabout -->
«unemployment» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [unemployment in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/unemployment.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Unemployment is when people who want a job and can work cannot find one.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:m1:1
# text = Unemployment is when people who want a job and can work cannot find one.
1	Unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Unemployment | people |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **want** | present | people | a job |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot job=Theme |
| 3 | **work** | can | people *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **not** **find** | can | people | one |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic |

<!-- .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 -->
Unemployment is also the number or share of people in a country who have no job but are looking for one.

<!-- fold The tree, 21 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:m2:1
# text = Unemployment is also the number or share of people in a country who have no job but are looking for one.
1	Unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
15	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	16	det	_	_
16	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
18	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	conj	_	_
20	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Unemployment | the number or share of people in a country |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | people in a country | no job |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
| 3 | **look** | present · progressive | people in a country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for one | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for one=Theme |
| 4 | **share** |  |  | people in a country |  |  |  |  | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: US, Canada — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Unemployment» can mean money from the government for people who lost their job, as in «he's on unemployment».

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:m3:1
# text = «Unemployment» can mean money from the government for people who lost their job, as in «he's on unemployment».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	IN	ExtPos=ADP	23	case	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	17	fixed	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
23	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | can | Unemployment | money |  | the government for people |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | past | people | people's job |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Unemployment |  |  |  |  | as unemployment | tree rules |
| 4 | **job** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Unemployment went up when the steelworks closed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x1:1
# text = Unemployment went up when the steelworks closed.
1	Unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steelworks	steelwork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | Unemployment |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **close** | participle · passive |  | the steelworks |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The unemployment rate fell to four per cent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x2:1
# text = The unemployment rate fell to four per cent.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
7	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | past | the unemployment rate |  |  |  |  | to four per cent | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to cent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Dad was out of work for months, and unemployment made things tight at home.

<!-- fold The tree, 14 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x3:1
# text = Dad was out of work for months, and unemployment made things tight at home.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
12	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
13	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | Dad |  |  | work | month |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **make** | past | unemployment | things |  | home |  | tight *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The government helps people during unemployment with benefits.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x4:1
# text = The government helps people during unemployment with benefits.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	benefits	benefit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | the government |  | people |  | during unemployment | with benefits | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary with benefit=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old story, unemployment meant long queues for food.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x5:1
# text = In the old story, unemployment meant long queues for food.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	meant	mean	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	queues	queue	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | past | unemployment | long queues |  |  |  | for food; in the old story | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot queue=Theme in story=Attribute |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Training new skills can help people out of unemployment.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x6:1
# text = Training new skills can help people out of unemployment.
1	Training	train	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	csubj	_	_
2	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	skills	skill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **train** | gerund |  | new skills |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Theme |
| 2 | **help** | can | Training |  | people | unemployment |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The news said unemployment is lower in the south.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:unemployment:x7:1
# text = The news said unemployment is lower in the south.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	lower	low	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	south	south	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | past | the news |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | unemployment |  |  | the south |  | low *property* | tree rules |

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