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Number: number

Number is usually an inflectional feature of nouns and other parts of speech (pronouns, adjectives, determiners, numerals, verbs) that mark agreement with nouns.

Sing: singular number

A singular expression denotes one person, animal or thing.

Examples

• carro meu carro bonito parado este carro quebrado

Plur: plural number

A plural expression denotes several persons, animals or things.

Examples

• carros meus carros bonitos parados estes carros quebrados

Unsp: unspecified

Unsp is used to tag words that can be singular or plural when the context is not enough to make clear its number.

Examples

• a cidade de Cascais
• o(s) funcionário(s)
• quem assistir o vídeo ganha 1000 reais

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Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese)

This feature is universal. It occurs with 2 different values: Plur, Sing.

This is a layered feature with the following layers: Number, Number[psor].

123080 tokens (54%) have a non-empty value of Number. 22163 types (86%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. 13957 lemmas (78%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. The feature is used with 9 part-of-speech tags: NOUN (39029; 17% instances), DET (35547; 16% instances), VERB (20031; 9% instances), ADJ (10721; 5% instances), PROPN (6480; 3% instances), PRON (6339; 3% instances), NUM (4149; 2% instances), SYM (416; 0% instances), AUX (368; 0% instances).

NOUN

39029 NOUN tokens (93% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (20950; 54%).

NOUN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (11561; 30% of non-empty Number): anos, milhões, pessoas, contos, dias, pontos, empresas, meses, países, problemas
• Sing (27468; 70% of non-empty Number): ano, dia, presidente, país, grupo, governo, estado, parte, tempo, semana
• EMPTY (3023): cento, vez, partir, entanto, fora, presidente, relação, exemplo, lado, é

Paradigm ano	Sing	Plur
	ano	anos

DET

35547 DET tokens (100% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Number co-occurred: PronType=Art (31480; 89%), Definite=Def (28421; 80%), Gender=Masc (19226; 54%).

DET tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (7338; 21% of non-empty Number): os, as, seus, suas, outros, alguns, outras, algumas, todos, estes
• Sing (28209; 79% of non-empty Number): o, a, um, uma, sua, seu, este, esta, esse, qualquer
• EMPTY (113): todos, todas, toda, dezenas, mais, a, menos, o(s)

Paradigm o	Sing	Plur
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc	o	os
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o, Os, a	os, o
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes	os
Definite=Def|Gender=Fem	a	as
Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|PronType=Art	a, as	as
Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|PronType=Art|Typo=Yes	a
Definite=Def|PronType=Art	a, o	as
Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o
Gender=Masc	o	os
Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o	os
Gender=Masc|PronType=Dem	o	os
Gender=Fem|NumType=Card|PronType=Ind,Neg,Tot	a
Gender=Fem|PronType=Art	a	as
Gender=Fem|PronType=Dem	a	as

VERB

20031 VERB tokens (77% of all VERB tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which VERB and Number co-occurred: Gender=EMPTY (15806; 79%), VerbForm=Fin (15419; 77%), Person=3 (14851; 74%), Mood=Ind (14142; 71%).

VERB tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (5234; 26% of non-empty Number): são, foram, estão, têm, vão, podem, serão, estavam, eram, devem
• Sing (14797; 74% of non-empty Number): é, foi, tem, está, há, disse, vai, era, diz, pode
• EMPTY (5852): ser, ter, fazer, sido, ver, dar, dizer, sendo, estar, falar

Paradigm ser	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|VerbForm=Part	sido
Hyph=Yes|Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	seja
Mood=Cnd|Person=1,3|VerbForm=Fin	seria
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin	seria	seriam
Mood=Imp|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	Sê
Mood=Ind|Person=1,3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	serei	seremos
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	fui	fomos
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pqp|VerbForm=Fin	fora
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sou, sô	somos
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	será	serão
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Inf	será
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp,Pqp|VerbForm=Fin		foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era	eram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	foi, foram	foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pqp|VerbForm=Fin	fora	foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Typo=Yes|VerbForm=Fin	çe
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	é, eis, Sou	são
Mood=Sub|Person=1,3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	for
Mood=Sub|Person=1,3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse
Mood=Sub|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	for, fôr	forem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse	fossem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	seja	sejam
Person=1|VerbForm=Inf		sermos
Person=3|VerbForm=Inf	ser	serem

ADJ

10721 ADJ tokens (98% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (5865; 55%).

ADJ tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (3130; 29% of non-empty Number): grandes, últimos, novos, novas, jovens, primeiros, responsáveis, principais, internacionais, melhores
• Sing (7591; 71% of non-empty Number): maior, grande, primeiro, novo, primeira, nova, melhor, nacional, último, última
• EMPTY (273): Nacional, mesmo, devido, outro, II, próximo, I, muitas, junto, III

Paradigm grande	Sing	Plur
_		grandes
Degree=Cmp|Gender=Masc	maior	maiores
Degree=Cmp|Gender=Fem	maior	maiores
Degree=Sup|Gender=Masc	máximo	máximos
Degree=Sup|Gender=Fem	máxima
Gender=Masc	grande, maior, máximo	grandes, máximos
Gender=Fem	grande, maior, máxima	grandes, maiores

PROPN

6480 PROPN tokens (35% of all PROPN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which PROPN and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (3935; 61%).

PROPN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (226; 3% of non-empty Number): EUA, Antas, Açores, Misericórdias, Açoteias, CDBs, Campos, Cieps, Comandos, Finanças
• Sing (6254; 97% of non-empty Number): Portugal, Brasil, Governo, PÚBLICO, Lisboa, Folha, Rio, FHC, Alemanha, França
• EMPTY (11873): Paulo, São, José, João, Carlos, Estados, Unidos, Fernando, Silva, Porto

Paradigm Estado	Sing	Plur
	Estado	Estados

Number seems to be lexical feature of PROPN. 99% lemmas (2944) occur only with one value of Number.

PRON

6339 PRON tokens (94% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Number co-occurred: Reflex=EMPTY (5586; 88%), Gender=Masc (4101; 65%), Case=EMPTY (3932; 62%), Person=EMPTY (3910; 62%).

PRON tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (1768; 28% of non-empty Number): que, se, -se, eles, os, todos, elas, nós, as, nos
• Sing (4571; 72% of non-empty Number): que, se, -se, ele, o, isso, quem, tudo, eu, ela
• EMPTY (379): se, -se, si, mais, quem, que, se-, mundo, aquilo, menos

Paradigm que	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|PronType=Ind	que	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Int	que	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Rel	que	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Ind	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Int		que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Rel	que	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Rel|Typo=Yes	que
PronType=Rel	que	que

NUM

4149 NUM tokens (97% of all NUM tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which NUM and Number co-occurred: NumType=Card (4149; 100%), Gender=Masc (3415; 82%).

NUM tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (3217; 78% of non-empty Number): dois, três, mil, duas, quatro, cinco, seis, 15, 30, dez
• Sing (932; 22% of non-empty Number): um, uma, 1, 1994, 1993, 1992, 1995, 1991, 1997, 1990
• EMPTY (140): 1, sete, 2, 3, 24, 94, dois, três, 20, 25

Paradigm um	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc	um	um
Gender=Fem	uma

SYM

416 SYM tokens (92% of all SYM tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which SYM and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (416; 100%).

SYM tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (408; 98% of non-empty Number): %, US$, R$, CR$, $%, U$
• Sing (8; 2% of non-empty Number): R$, US$
• EMPTY (34): /

Paradigm US$	Sing	Plur
	US$	US$

AUX

368 AUX tokens (87% of all AUX tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which AUX and Number co-occurred: VerbForm=Fin (363; 99%), Person=3 (358; 97%), Mood=Ind (309; 84%), Tense=Pres (222; 60%).

AUX tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (115; 31% of non-empty Number): podem, estão, vão, têm, devem, poderão, possam, chegaram, terão, tinham
• Sing (253; 69% of non-empty Number): pode, deve, tem, vai, está, poderá, deverá, poderia, parece, tinha
• EMPTY (54): ter, tendo, ser, vindo, devendo, acabar, estar, passar, podendo, poder

Paradigm ter	Sing	Plur
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin	teria
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	tinha
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	tive
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	tenho
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	terá	terão
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	tinha	tinham
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	teve
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	tem	têm
Mood=Sub|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	tiver
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	tivesse
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	tenha
Person=3|VerbForm=Inf	ter	terem

Relations with Agreement in Number

The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Number: NOUN –[det]–> DET (27383; 97%), NOUN –[amod]–> ADJ (8147; 98%), NOUN –[nmod]–> NOUN (6763; 59%), VERB –[nsubj]–> NOUN (4092; 91%), NOUN –[acl]–> VERB (3452; 77%), PROPN –[det]–> DET (2893; 52%), NOUN –[nummod]–> NUM (2276; 83%), VERB –[nsubj]–> PRON (2239; 84%), NOUN –[conj]–> NOUN (1722; 79%), VERB –[dobj]–> PRON (1136; 59%).

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Treebank Statistics (UD_Portuguese-Bosque)

This feature is universal but the values Unsp are language-specific. It occurs with 3 different values: Plur, Sing, Unsp.

132168 tokens (58%) have a non-empty value of Number. 25657 types (98%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. 17549 lemmas (98%) occur at least once with a non-empty value of Number. The feature is used with 10 part-of-speech tags: NOUN (40746; 18% instances), DET (34024; 15% instances), PROPN (19061; 8% instances), VERB (17482; 8% instances), ADJ (10974; 5% instances), PRON (6738; 3% instances), AUX (2935; 1% instances), SYM (203; 0% instances), INTJ (4; 0% instances), PART (1; 0% instances).

NOUN

40746 NOUN tokens (97% of all NOUN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which NOUN and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (22433; 55%).

NOUN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (11893; 29% of non-empty Number): anos, milhões, pessoas, US$, contos, dias, pontos, empresas, meses, países
• Sing (28852; 71% of non-empty Number): presidente, ano, dia, país, por, tempo, grupo, governo, estado, parte
• Unsp (1; 0% of non-empty Number): tratamento(s)
• EMPTY (1171): partir, relação, causa, Estado, longo, parte, favor, termos, vez, torno

Paradigm tratamento	Sing	Plur	Unsp
	tratamento	tratamentos	tratamento(s)

DET

34024 DET tokens (97% of all DET tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which DET and Number co-occurred: PronType=Art (29678; 87%), Definite=Def (26488; 78%), Gender=Masc (19149; 56%).

DET tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (7131; 21% of non-empty Number): os, as, seus, suas, todos, outros, outras, alguns, algumas, todas
• Sing (26886; 79% of non-empty Number): o, a, um, uma, sua, seu, este, esta, esse, qualquer
• Unsp (7; 0% of non-empty Number): mais, Que, o(s)
• EMPTY (1212): a, as, uma, estas, pouco, tais

Paradigm o	Sing	Plur	Unsp
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o, os, a	os, o	o(s)
Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|PronType=Art	a, as	as
Definite=Def|PronType=Art	o
Definite=Ind|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o
Gender=Masc	o	os, o
Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	o	os
Gender=Masc|PronType=Dem	o	os
Gender=Fem	a	as
Gender=Fem|PronType=Art	a	as
Gender=Fem|PronType=Dem	a	as

PROPN

19061 PROPN tokens (100% of all PROPN tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

PROPN tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (413; 2% of non-empty Number): EUA, Estados, Assuntos, Nações, Antas, Açores, Comandos, Encontros, Forças, Misericórdias
• Sing (18648; 98% of non-empty Number): Paulo, e, Nacional, São, Portugal, Porto, Unidos, Brasil, José, Lisboa

Paradigm Estados	Sing	Plur
_	Estados
Gender=Masc		Estados

Number seems to be lexical feature of PROPN. 99% lemmas (7272) occur only with one value of Number.

VERB

17482 VERB tokens (77% of all VERB tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which VERB and Number co-occurred: Gender=EMPTY (13279; 76%), VerbForm=Fin (12966; 74%), Person=3 (12471; 71%), Mood=Ind (11970; 68%).

VERB tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (4481; 26% of non-empty Number): são, estão, têm, foram, estavam, eram, existem, fizeram, dizem, feitas
• Sing (13001; 74% of non-empty Number): é, foi, há, tem, disse, está, era, diz, fez, será
• EMPTY (5297): ser, fazer, ter, ver, dar, dizer, falar, estar, saber, manter

Paradigm ser	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|VerbForm=Part	sido
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin	seria	seriam
Mood=Imp|Person=2|VerbForm=Fin	Sê
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin		seremos
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	fui	fomos
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pqp|VerbForm=Fin	fora
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sou, sô	somos
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	será	serão
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era	eram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	foi, foram	foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pqp|VerbForm=Fin	fora
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	é, eis, Sou, é-, çe	são
Mood=Ind|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin		foram
Mood=Ind|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era
Mood=Sub|Person=1|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	for	forem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse, que	fossem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	seja, seja-	sejam
Mood=Sub|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse
Person=1|Tense=Past		fomos
Person=1|VerbForm=Inf		sermos
Person=3|VerbForm=Inf	ser	serem

ADJ

10974 ADJ tokens (99% of all ADJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which ADJ and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (6123; 56%).

ADJ tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (3138; 29% of non-empty Number): grandes, últimos, novos, novas, primeiros, jovens, principais, responsáveis, melhores, internacionais
• Sing (7836; 71% of non-empty Number): cento, maior, primeiro, novo, primeira, grande, nova, melhor, último, nacional
• EMPTY (79): Estrangeiros, Nacional, regional, Europeia, geral, Central, Externo, Municipal, Portuguesa, Prisionais

Paradigm grande	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc	maior, grande, máximo	grandes, maiores, máximos
Gender=Fem	maior, grande, máxima	grandes, maiores
Gender=Unsp		grandes

PRON

6738 PRON tokens (95% of all PRON tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which PRON and Number co-occurred: Case=EMPTY (4510; 67%), Gender=Masc (4475; 66%), Person=EMPTY (4312; 64%).

PRON tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (1791; 27% of non-empty Number): que, se, eles, os, nos, todos, outros, as, elas, nós
• Sing (4916; 73% of non-empty Number): que, se, o, ele, isso, lhe, quem, tudo, eu, ela
• Unsp (31; 0% of non-empty Number): mais, quem, que, menos, aquilo, mundo
• EMPTY (320): se, se-, que, si

Paradigm que	Sing	Plur	Unsp
Definite=Def|Gender=Masc|PronType=Art	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Dem	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Ind	que	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Int	que	que
Gender=Masc|PronType=Rel	que	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Ind	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Int	que	que
Gender=Fem|PronType=Rel	que	que
Gender=Unsp|PronType=Ind			que
Gender=Unsp|PronType=Int	que
Gender=Unsp|PronType=Rel	que	que	que
PronType=Ind			que
PronType=Rel			que

AUX

2935 AUX tokens (82% of all AUX tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which AUX and Number co-occurred: VerbForm=Fin (2837; 97%), Person=3 (2767; 94%), Mood=Ind (2497; 85%), Tense=Pres (1490; 51%).

AUX tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (873; 30% of non-empty Number): foram, podem, são, vão, têm, estão, devem, serão, serem, vamos
• Sing (2062; 70% of non-empty Number): foi, vai, pode, é, está, tem, deve, poderá, deverá, será
• EMPTY (635): ser, ter, sido, sendo, tendo, vir, continuar, vindo, estar, poder

Paradigm ser	Sing	Plur
Gender=Masc|VerbForm=Part	sido
Mood=Cnd|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin	seria	seriam
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	serei
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	fui	fomos
Mood=Ind|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	sou	somos
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	será	serão
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	era	eram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	foi	foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pqp|VerbForm=Fin	fora	foram
Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	é	são
Mood=Ind|Person=3|VerbForm=Fin		foram
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin	for, fôr	forem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	fosse	fossem
Mood=Sub|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	seja	sejam
Person=3|VerbForm=Inf	ser	serem

SYM

203 SYM tokens (100% of all SYM tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which SYM and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (203; 100%).

SYM tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Plur (203; 100% of non-empty Number): %

INTJ

4 INTJ tokens (9% of all INTJ tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

INTJ tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Sing (4; 100% of non-empty Number): Adeus, Obrigada, rua, viu
• EMPTY (42): não, Rarará, Deus, é, Ah, Ai, Alô, BINGO, Droga, Hein

PART

1 PART tokens (25% of all PART tokens) have a non-empty value of Number.

The most frequent other feature values with which PART and Number co-occurred: Gender=Masc (1; 100%).

PART tokens may have the following values of Number:

• Sing (1; 100% of non-empty Number): pós
• EMPTY (3): anti-, ex, pré-

Relations with Agreement in Number

The 10 most frequent relations where parent and child node agree in Number: NOUN –[det]–> DET (26746; 95%), NOUN –[amod]–> ADJ (8380; 99%), NOUN –[nmod]–> NOUN (6659; 56%), PROPN –[name]–> PROPN (5567; 97%), PROPN –[det]–> DET (5048; 92%), VERB –[nsubj]–> NOUN (4265; 84%), NOUN –[nmod]–> PROPN (2283; 73%), VERB –[nsubj]–> PRON (2240; 79%), PROPN –[nmod]–> PROPN (2109; 97%), NOUN –[acl]–> VERB (1942; 73%).

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