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title: belle — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «belle» in the school dictionary: A belle is a very beautiful girl or woman, especially the most admired one at a party: «the belle of the ball». Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# belle

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**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

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«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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/belle.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A belle is a very beautiful girl or woman, especially the most admired one at a party: «the belle of the ball».

<!-- fold The tree, 22 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:m1:1
# text = A belle is a very beautiful girl or woman, especially the most admired one at a party: «the belle of the ball».
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	14	advmod	_	_
14	admired	admire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	amod	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
16	at	at	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
20	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
23	of	of	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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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 -->
Belle is the feminine form of the French adjective «beau», meaning «beautiful»: «une belle maison» (a beautiful house).

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:m2:1
# text = Belle is the feminine form of the French adjective «beau», meaning «beautiful»: «une belle maison» (a beautiful house).
1	Belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	feminine	feminine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	adjective	adjective	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	beau	beau	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	meaning	mean	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	_	_
15	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
19	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	une	une	X	FW	_	22	compound	_	_
21	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
22	maison	maison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	22	punct	_	_
24	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
26	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	27	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belle is also a girl's name, as in the heroine of «Beauty and the Beast» (a name).

<!-- fold The tree, 18 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:m3:1
# text = Belle is also a girl's name, as in the heroine of «Beauty and the Beast» (a name).
1	Belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
3	also	also	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	heroine	heroine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	appos	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	Beauty	beauty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	Beast	Beast	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
20	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cinderella was the belle of the ball.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x1:1
# text = Cinderella was the belle of the ball.
1	Cinderella	Cinderella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ball	ball	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Cinderella | the belle |  |  |  | of the ball | tree rules |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Belle loved reading books in the old story.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x2:1
# text = Belle loved reading books in the old story.
1	Belle	Belle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	loved	love	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
4	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	story	story	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In French, «belle» means beautiful: «une belle journée».

<!-- fold The tree, 8 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x3:1
# text = In French, «belle» means beautiful: «une belle journée».
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	French	French	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	12	punct	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	une	une	X	FW	_	12	compound	_	_
12	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	parataxis	_	_
13	journée	journée	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	12	flat:foreign	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | belle |  |  | French |  | beautiful *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The town's belle wore a blue silk dress.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x4:1
# text = The town's belle wore a blue silk dress.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	blue	blue	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	silk	silk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	dress	dress	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Ma belle» is a French way to say «my beautiful one».

<!-- fold The tree, 11 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x5:1
# text = «Ma belle» is a French way to say «my beautiful one».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ma	ma	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	French	French	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl	_	_
11	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In old American stories, a Southern belle was a rich young woman from the South.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:belle:x6:1
# text = In old American stories, a Southern belle was a rich young woman from the South.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Southern	southern	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	belle	belle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	South	South	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a Southern belle | a rich young woman |  | old American stories |  | from the South | tree rules |

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