---
title: beadle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beadle» in the school dictionary: A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beadle/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/) / beadle

# beadle

<!-- .vintro -->
**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

<!-- .vabout -->
«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beadle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: old use — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell.

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beadle:m1:1
# text = A beadle was a minor officer in a town or parish who kept order, called people to meetings or rang the bell.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	minor	minor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	parish	parish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj	_	_
13	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
14	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	called	call	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
17	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	xcomp	_	_
18	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	meetings	meeting	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	obl	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	conj	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beadle rang the bell for the meeting.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beadle:x1:1
# text = The beadle rang the bell for the meeting.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rang	ring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bell	bell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town beadle ran in with the news.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beadle:x2:1
# text = The town beadle ran in with the news.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	beadle	beadle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	news	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old village the beadle walked in front of the mayor.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beadle:x3:1
# text = In the old village the beadle walked in front of the mayor.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	village	village	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beadle	beadle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mayor	mayor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The beadle kept the crowd quiet.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beadle:x4:1
# text = The beadle kept the crowd quiet.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beadle	beadle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | 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 |

<!-- div src -->

**Text:** the school dictionary of Mova's schools (`world/data/dictionary-schools/`), written for Mova. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each meaning and example read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [bead](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bead/)
- next →: [beady](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/beady/)
- ↑ back to [B in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/)