population

Who acts: people, animals, you, population, bee population, London · What happens: live, study, be, fall, have, grow · To what, where: place, area, whole group, statistics, 12 000, eight billion

«population» 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: population in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

The number of people who live in a place.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 number	det
2	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 people	case
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 number	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 live	nsubj
6	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 people	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 place	det
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 live	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 number	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	people			a place			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location

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

All the people, or all the animals or plants of one kind, living in an area: the bee population.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 people	det:predet
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 people	det
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 animals	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 animals	cc
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 animals	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 animals	det
8	animals	animal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 people	nmod
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 plants	cc
10	plants	plant	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 animals	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 kind	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 kind	nummod
13	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 plants	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 living	punct
15	living	live	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 animals	acl
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 area	case
17	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 area	det
18	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 living	obl
19	:	:	PUNCT	_	22 population	punct
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 population	det
21	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 population	compound
22	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 area	appos
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 people	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	gerund	all animals or plants of one kind not said here			a area			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in area=Location

Meaning 3

Usage: maths, formal — kept apart, not parsed.

The whole group you are studying in statistics.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 group	det
2	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 group	amod
3	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 studying	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 studying	aux
6	studying	study	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 group	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 statistics	case
8	statistics	statistic	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 studying	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 group	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	study	present · progressive	you	the whole group not said here		statistics			vn learn-14-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent group=Topic

Example 1

The population of our town is about 12 000.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 population	det
2	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 000	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 town	case
4	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 town	nmod:poss
5	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 population	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 000	cop
7	about	about	ADV	_	9 000	advmod
8	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 000	compound
9	000	000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 000	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the population of our town	12 000				about property	tree rules

Example 2

The world's population is over eight billion.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 world	det
2	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 population	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 world	case
4	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 billion	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 billion	cop
6	over	over	ADV	_	8 billion	advmod
7	eight	eight	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 billion	compound
8	billion	billion	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	root	root
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 billion	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the world's population	eight billion				over property	tree rules

Example 3

The bee population is falling.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 population	det
2	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 population	compound
3	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 falling	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 falling	aux
5	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 falling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · progressive	the bee population						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 4

London has a bigger population than Dublin.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 population	det
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 population	amod
5	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 has	obj
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 Dublin	case
7	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 population	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	London	a bigger population				than Dublin	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent population=Patient

Example 5

Round the population to the nearest thousand.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Round	round	ADP	_	3 population	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 population	det
3	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 thousand	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thousand	det
6	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 thousand	amod
7	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 population	nmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 population	punct

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

Example 6

A rabbit population can grow very fast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 population	det
2	rabbit	rabbit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 population	compound
3	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 grow	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 grow	aux
5	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 fast	advmod
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 grow	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 grow	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	can	a rabbit population					fast property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 7

Well, they spread the news through the village; the whole population assembled and swarmed into the graveyard.

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Well	well	INTJ	_	4 spread	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Well	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spread	nsubj
4	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 news	det
6	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obj
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 village	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 village	det
9	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 population	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 population	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 population	amod
13	population	population	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spread	obl
14	assembled	assemble	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 population	acl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 swarmed	cc
16	swarmed	swarm	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 assembled	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 graveyard	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 graveyard	det
19	graveyard	graveyard	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 swarmed	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 spread	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	spread	present	they	the news	the village	the whole population obl	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent news=Theme through village=Destination
2	assemble	participle		the whole population not said here			vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	swarm	participle			the graveyard		vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

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