steed

Who acts: that, you, steed, it · What happens: ride, gallop on, scent, reply, cry, be · To what, where: pretty steed, thou, one, steed · Speech: someone speaks here

«steed» 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: steed in the Early Modern English dictionary.

Meaning 1

A horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
4	especially	especially	ADV	_	9 one	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 one	det
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 strong	cc
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fine	conj
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 rides	nsubj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 knight	det
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rides	compound
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 hero	cc
14	hero	hero	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knight	conj
15	rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 one	parataxis
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride		that						tree rules

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

“Gallop on, gallop on, my pretty steed!

From The Adventures of Pinocchio.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	“	"	PUNCT	_	2 Gallop	punct
2	Gallop	gallop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 Gallop	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gallop	punct
5	gallop	gallop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 Gallop	conj
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 gallop	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 steed	punct
8	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 steed	nmod:poss
9	pretty	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 steed	amod
10	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Gallop	obl
11	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Gallop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gallop on in a quote	imperative	you not said here	my pretty steed					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	gallop on in a quote	infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

Scentest thou some ill?’ The steed replied:

From The Red Fairy Book.

Sentence 1: Scentest thou some ill?’

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scentest	scent	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Style=Arch Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	1 Scentest	obj
3	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 ill	det
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Scentest	obl:unmarked
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Scentest	punct
6	’	'	PUNCT	_	1 Scentest	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scent	present		thou				some ill obl:unmarked	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent thou=Destination

Sentence 2: The steed replied:

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 steed	det
2	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 replied	nsubj
3	replied	reply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 replied	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reply speech: assert	past	the steed						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Example 3

"Ha!" cried one, "it is the miser's steed.

From Fifty Famous Stories Retold.

The tree, 9 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 cried	punct
2	Ha	ha	INTJ	_	5 cried	discourse
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 Ha	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 cried	punct
5	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 cried	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 steed	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 steed	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 steed	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 steed	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 miser	det
12	miser	miser	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 steed	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 miser	case
14	steed	steed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cried	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past		one					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Topic
2	is a in a quote	present	it	the miser's steed					tree rules

Text: the Early Modern English dictionary of Mova's schools (world/data/dictionary-schools/), written for Mova; its examples quote public-domain texts. 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.

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