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title: beau — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «beau» in the school dictionary: A beau is a boyfriend or a man who is courting a woman. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# beau

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**Who acts:** beau, man, French adjective, weather, Lizzie, new beau · **What happens:** be, court, mean, sound, wait, bring · **To what, where:** boyfriend, woman, French adjective, beautiful, bow, name · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«beau» 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: [beau in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/beau.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A beau is a boyfriend or a man who is courting a woman.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:m1:1
# text = A beau is a boyfriend or a man who is courting a woman.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	courting	court	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	acl:relcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a beau | a boyfriend or a man |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **court** | present · progressive | a man | a woman |  |  |  |  | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Co-Agent |

<!-- .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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beau is a French adjective meaning «beautiful» or «handsome» (masculine form), as in «beau temps» (fine weather); it sounds like English «bow» (the knot) or «bo».

<!-- fold The tree, 26 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:m2:1
# text = Beau is a French adjective meaning «beautiful» or «handsome» (masculine form), as in «beau temps» (fine weather); it sounds like English «bow» (the knot) or «bo».
1	Beau	Beau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
14	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	masculine	masculine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	temps	temp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
25	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	weather	weather	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	31	punct	_	_
30	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	31	nsubj	_	_
31	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
32	like	like	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
33	English	English	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	_
34	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	bow	bow	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	_
37	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	39	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	39	det	_	_
39	knot	knot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	39	punct	_	_
41	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	43	cc	_	_
42	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	bo	bo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	35	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Beau | a French adjective |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | gerund | a French adjective *not said here* | beautiful |  |  |  | masculine form *obl* | tree rules |
| 3 | **sound** | present | weather | bow or bo |  |  |  | like English | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beau can also be a boy's name (a name).

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:m3:1
# text = Beau can also be a boy's name (a name).
1	Beau	Beau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | can | Beau | a boy's name |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the old story, Lizzie waited for her beau at the dance.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x1:1
# text = In the old story, Lizzie waited for her beau at the dance.
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	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	Lizzie	Lizzie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	waited	wait	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dance	dance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | past | Lizzie |  |  | the old story |  | for Lizzie's beau; at the dance | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in story=Location |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Aunt Sue's new beau brought her flowers.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x2:1
# text = Aunt Sue's new beau brought her flowers.
1	Aunt	Aunt	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Sue	Sue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
4	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	beau	Beau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	brought	bring	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	flowers	flower	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | past | Aunt's new beau | beau's flowers |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent flower=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In French, «Il fait beau» means «It's a nice day».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x3:1
# text = In French, «Il fait beau» means «It's a nice day».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Il	Il	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	fait	fait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
7	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	nice	nice	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fait** *in a quote* | infinitive | Il | beau |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present |  |  |  | French |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | beau | a nice day |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Un beau chien» is French for «a handsome dog».

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x4:1
# text = «Un beau chien» is French for «a handsome dog».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Un	un	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	chien	chien	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	handsome	handsome	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | un beau chien |  |  |  |  | for a handsome dog; french *property* | tree rules |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Beau is the name of the boy next door.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x5:1
# text = Beau is the name of the boy next door.
1	Beau	Beau	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Beau | the name |  |  |  | of the boy next door | tree rules |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grandma laughed and called Grandpa her old beau.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:beau:x6:1
# text = Grandma laughed and called Grandpa her old beau.
1	Grandma	grandma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	called	call	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	Grandpa	Grandpa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | past | Grandma |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **call** | past | Grandma *not said here* |  | Grandpa |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grandpa=Recipient |

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