belle Who acts: belle, feminine form, Cinderella, Ma belle, Southern belle · What happens: be, admire, mean, love, read, wear · To what, where: beautiful girl, feminine form, beautiful, name, belle, books · Speech: someone speaks here
«belle» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 6 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: belle in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 A belle is a very beautiful girl or woman, especially the most admired one at a party: «the belle of the ball».
The tree, 22 words det nsubj cop det advmod amod cc conj punct advmod det advmod amod conj case det nmod punct punct det appos case det nmod punct punct root A DET belle NOUN is AUX a DET very ADV beautiful ADJ girl NOUN or CCONJ woman NOUN , PUNCT especially ADV the DET most ADV admired VERB one NUM at ADP a DET party NOUN : PUNCT « PUNCT the DET belle NOUN of ADP the DET ball NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 belle det 2 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 7 girl nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 girl cop 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 girl det 5 very very ADV _ 6 beautiful advmod 6 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 girl amod 7 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 woman cc 9 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing 7 girl conj 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 one punct 11 especially especially ADV _ 15 one advmod 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 one det 13 most most ADV Degree=Sup 14 admired advmod 14 admired admire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 15 one amod 15 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 7 girl conj 16 at at ADP _ 18 party case 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 party det 18 party party NOUN Number=Sing 15 one nmod 19 : : PUNCT _ 22 belle punct 20 « « PUNCT _ 22 belle punct 21 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 22 belle det 22 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 7 girl appos 23 of of ADP _ 25 ball case 24 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 25 ball det 25 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 22 belle nmod 26 » » PUNCT _ 22 belle punct 27 . . PUNCT _ 7 girl punct
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1 is a present a belle a beautiful girl or woman tree rules 2 admire participle vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
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 Usage: French — kept apart, not parsed.
Belle is the feminine form of the French adjective «beau», meaning «beautiful»: «une belle maison» (a beautiful house).
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop det amod case det amod nmod punct appos punct punct acl punct obj punct punct punct compound compound conj punct punct det amod appos punct punct root Belle NOUN is AUX the DET feminine ADJ form NOUN of ADP the DET French ADJ adjective NOUN « PUNCT beau NOUN » PUNCT , PUNCT meaning VERB « PUNCT beautiful ADJ » PUNCT : PUNCT « PUNCT une X belle NOUN maison NOUN » PUNCT ( PUNCT a DET beautiful ADJ house NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 5 form nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 form cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 form det 4 feminine feminine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 form amod 5 form form NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 of of ADP _ 9 adjective case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 adjective det 8 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 9 adjective amod 9 adjective adjective NOUN Number=Sing 5 form nmod 10 « « PUNCT _ 11 beau punct 11 beau beau NOUN Number=Sing 9 adjective appos 12 » » PUNCT _ 11 beau punct 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 meaning punct 14 meaning mean VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 form acl 15 « « PUNCT _ 16 beautiful punct 16 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 14 meaning obj 17 » » PUNCT _ 16 beautiful punct 18 : : PUNCT _ 22 maison punct 19 « « PUNCT _ 22 maison punct 20 une une X _ 22 maison compound 21 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 22 maison compound 22 maison maison NOUN Number=Sing 5 form conj 23 » » PUNCT _ 22 maison punct 24 ( ( PUNCT _ 27 house punct 25 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 27 house det 26 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 27 house amod 27 house house NOUN Number=Sing 22 maison appos 28 ) ) PUNCT _ 27 house punct 29 . . PUNCT _ 5 form punct
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1 is a present Belle the feminine form and une belle maison of the French adjective tree rules 2 mean gerund the feminine form and une belle maison not said here beautiful vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beautiful=Topic
Meaning 3 Belle is also a girl's name, as in the heroine of «Beauty and the Beast» (a name).
The tree, 18 words nsubj cop advmod det nmod:poss case punct case case det appos case punct nmod cc det conj punct punct det appos punct punct root Belle NOUN is AUX also ADV a DET girl NOUN 's PART name NOUN , PUNCT as ADP in ADP the DET heroine NOUN of ADP « PUNCT Beauty NOUN and CCONJ the DET Beast PROPN » PUNCT ( PUNCT a DET name NOUN ) PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 7 name nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 name cop 3 also also ADV _ 7 name advmod 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 girl det 5 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 7 name nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 girl case 7 name name NOUN Number=Sing root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 12 heroine punct 9 as as ADP _ 12 heroine case 10 in in ADP _ 12 heroine case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 heroine det 12 heroine heroine NOUN Number=Sing 7 name appos 13 of of ADP _ 15 Beauty case 14 « « PUNCT _ 15 Beauty punct 15 Beauty beauty NOUN Number=Sing 12 heroine nmod 16 and and CCONJ _ 18 Beast cc 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 Beast det 18 Beast Beast PROPN Number=Sing 15 Beauty conj 19 » » PUNCT _ 18 Beast punct 20 ( ( PUNCT _ 22 name punct 21 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 name det 22 name name NOUN Number=Sing 12 heroine appos 23 ) ) PUNCT _ 22 name punct 24 . . PUNCT _ 7 name punct
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1 is a present Belle a girl's name tree rules
Example 1 Cinderella was the belle of the ball.
nsubj cop det case det nmod punct root Cinderella PROPN was AUX the DET belle NOUN of ADP the DET ball NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cinderella Cinderella PROPN Number=Sing 4 belle nsubj 2 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 belle cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 belle det 4 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 of of ADP _ 7 ball case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 ball det 7 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 4 belle nmod 8 . . PUNCT _ 4 belle punct
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1 is a past Cinderella the belle of the ball tree rules
Example 2 Belle loved reading books in the old story.
nsubj advcl obj case det amod obl punct root Belle PROPN loved VERB reading VERB books NOUN in ADP the DET old ADJ story NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Belle Belle PROPN Number=Sing 2 loved nsubj 2 loved love VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 reading read VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 loved advcl 4 books book NOUN Number=Plur 3 reading obj 5 in in ADP _ 8 story case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 story det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 story amod 8 story story NOUN Number=Sing 3 reading obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 loved punct
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1 love past Belle vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer 2 read gerund Belle not said here books the old story vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic
Example 3 In French, «belle» means beautiful: «une belle journée».
The tree, 8 words case obl punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct compound parataxis flat:foreign punct punct root In ADP French PROPN , PUNCT « PUNCT belle NOUN » PUNCT means VERB beautiful ADJ : PUNCT « PUNCT une X belle NOUN journée X » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 2 French case 2 French French PROPN Number=Sing 7 means obl 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 belle punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 belle punct 5 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 6 » » PUNCT _ 5 belle punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 7 means xcomp 9 : : PUNCT _ 12 belle punct 10 « « PUNCT _ 12 belle punct 11 une une X _ 12 belle compound 12 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 7 means parataxis 13 journée journée X Foreign=Yes 12 belle flat:foreign 14 » » PUNCT _ 12 belle punct 15 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct
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1 mean present belle French beautiful property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Example 4 The town's belle wore a blue silk dress.
det nmod:poss case nsubj det amod compound obj punct root The DET town NOUN 's PART belle NOUN wore VERB a DET blue ADJ silk NOUN dress NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 town det 2 town town NOUN Number=Sing 4 belle nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 town case 4 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 5 wore nsubj 5 wore wear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 dress det 7 blue blue ADJ Degree=Pos 9 dress amod 8 silk silk NOUN Number=Sing 9 dress compound 9 dress dress NOUN Number=Sing 5 wore obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 wore punct
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1 wear past the town's belle a blue silk dress vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent dress=Theme
Example 5 «Ma belle» is a French way to say «my beautiful one».
The tree, 11 words punct compound nsubj punct cop det amod mark acl punct nmod:poss amod ccomp punct punct root « PUNCT Ma NOUN belle NOUN » PUNCT is AUX a DET French ADJ way NOUN to PART say VERB « PUNCT my PRON beautiful ADJ one NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 3 belle punct 2 Ma ma NOUN Number=Sing 3 belle compound 3 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 8 way nsubj 4 » » PUNCT _ 3 belle punct 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 way cop 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 way det 7 French French ADJ Degree=Pos 8 way amod 8 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root 9 to to PART _ 10 say mark 10 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf 8 way acl 11 « « PUNCT _ 14 one punct 12 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 14 one nmod:poss 13 beautiful beautiful ADJ Degree=Pos 14 one amod 14 one one NOUN Number=Sing 10 say ccomp 15 » » PUNCT _ 14 one punct 16 . . PUNCT _ 8 way punct
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1 is a present Ma belle a French way tree rules 2 say speech: assert to-infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Example 6 In old American stories, a Southern belle was a rich young woman from the South.
The tree, 15 words case amod amod obl punct det amod nsubj cop det amod amod case det nmod punct root In ADP old ADJ American ADJ stories NOUN , PUNCT a DET Southern ADJ belle NOUN was AUX a DET rich ADJ young ADJ woman NOUN from ADP the DET South PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 In in ADP _ 4 stories case 2 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stories amod 3 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 4 stories amod 4 stories story NOUN Number=Plur 13 woman obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 stories punct 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 belle det 7 Southern southern ADJ Degree=Pos 8 belle amod 8 belle belle NOUN Number=Sing 13 woman nsubj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 woman cop 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 woman det 11 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 13 woman amod 12 young young ADJ Degree=Pos 13 woman amod 13 woman woman NOUN Number=Sing root root 14 from from ADP _ 16 South case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 South det 16 South South PROPN Number=Sing 13 woman nmod 17 . . PUNCT _ 13 woman punct
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1 is a past a Southern belle a rich young woman old American stories from the South tree rules
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