请老师指点,(不太明白的人不要乱回答,)
Emergingfromthe1980censusisthepictureofanationdevelopingmoreandmoreregionalcompetition,aspopulationgrowthintheNortheastandmidwestreachesanearstandstill.
如何理解这个句子,有人说这个句子的本来顺序是:Thepictureisemergingfromthe1980censusofanation---.有人说Emerging在此为动名词做主语.不知哪个解释对?请指教.