beadle

Who acts: beadle, town, minor officer, town beadle · What happens: be, keep, call, ring, run, walk · To what, where: minor officer, town, order, people, meetings, bell · Speech: someone speaks here

«beadle» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: beadle in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 beadle	det
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 officer	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 officer	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 officer	det
5	minor	minor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 officer	amod
6	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 town	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 town	det
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 officer	nmod
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 parish	cc
11	parish	parish	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 town	conj
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 kept	nsubj
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 town	acl:relcl
14	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 called	punct
16	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 officer	acl
17	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 called	xcomp
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 meetings	case
19	meetings	meeting	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 called	obl
20	or	or	CCONJ	_	21 rang	cc
21	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 called	conj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bell	det
23	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 rang	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 officer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	is a	past	a beadle	a minor officer		a town or parish	tree rules
2	keep	past	a town or parish	order			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme
3	call	participle	a minor officer not said here	people	meetings		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to meeting=Recipient
4	ring	past	a minor officer not said here	the bell			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

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

The beadle rang the bell for the meeting.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beadle	det
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	nsubj
3	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bell	det
5	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 meeting	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meeting	det
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rang	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	the beadle	the bell				for the meeting	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

Example 2

The town beadle ran in with the news.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beadle	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 beadle	compound
3	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 ran	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 news	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 news	det
8	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	the town beadle					with the news	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with news=Material

Example 3

In the old village the beadle walked in front of the mayor.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 village	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 village	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 village	amod
4	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beadle	det
6	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	nsubj
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 front	case
9	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walked	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 mayor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 mayor	det
12	mayor	mayor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 front	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	the beadle			the old village		in front of the mayor	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Trajectory

Example 4

The beadle kept the crowd quiet.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 beadle	det
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	nsubj
3	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 crowd	det
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 kept	obj
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 kept	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 kept	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the beadle	the crowd				quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Theme

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