stead

Who acts: place, Hadad, Samlah, Amphion, Shaul, Baal hanan · What happens: mean, die, reign, become · To what, where: stead, king

«stead» in the Early Modern English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: stead in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

The place or position of someone else; in someone's stead means in their place.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 place	det
2	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	nsubj
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 position	cc
4	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 position	nmod
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	2 place	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 stead	case
10	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 stead	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 someone	case
12	stead	stead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 place	nmod
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
15	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 place	nmod:poss
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 means	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	the place in someone's stead or position of someone					in place's place	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot in place=Attribute

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

And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.

From Torah GEN.36.36, JPS 1917.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 died	cc
2	Hadad	Hadad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reigned	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 reigned	cc
6	Samlah	Samlah	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 reigned	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 Masrekah	case
8	Masrekah	Masrekah	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Samlah	nmod
9	reigned	reign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 died	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 stead	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 stead	nmod:poss
12	stead	stead	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reigned	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Hadad						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	reign	past	Samlah of Masrekah			Samlah's stead			tree rules

Example 2

Amphion became king of Thebes in his uncle's stead.

From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	xcomp
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Thebes	case
5	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 king	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 stead	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 uncle	nmod:poss
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stead	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 uncle	case
10	stead	stead	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 became	obl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 became	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	Amphion	king of Thebes				in Amphion's uncle's stead result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in stead=Result

Example 3

And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.

From Torah GEN.36.38, JPS 1917.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 died	cc
2	Shaul	Shaul	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 died	nsubj
3	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reigned	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 reigned	cc
6	Baal	Baal	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hanan	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 Baal	punct
8	hanan	hanan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 reigned	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 son	det
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hanan	appos
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 Achbor	case
12	Achbor	Achbor	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 son	nmod
13	reigned	reign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 died	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 stead	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 stead	nmod:poss
16	stead	stead	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 reigned	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	die	past	Shaul						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	reign	past	Baal hanan			hanan's stead			tree rules

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