steed
Who acts: steed, that, knight, steeds · What happens: be, ride, mount, gallop, race · To what, where: horse, steed, hill, plain
«steed» in the school 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 school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Usage: old use, in fairy tales and legends — kept apart, not parsed.
A steed is a horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 steed | det |
| 2 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 horse | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 horse | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 7 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 12 one | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 strong | cc |
| 11 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fine | conj |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 horse | appos |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 18 rides | nsubj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 knight | det |
| 15 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rides | compound |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 17 hero | cc |
| 17 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 knight | conj |
| 18 | rides | ride | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 one | parataxis |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 horse | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a steed | a horse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | 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
The knight mounted his steed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mounted | nsubj |
| 3 | mounted | mount | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 steed | nmod:poss |
| 5 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mounted | obj |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mounted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mount | past | the knight | knight's steed | vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent steed=Patient |
Example 2
The steed galloped over the hill.
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 galloped | nsubj |
| 3 | galloped | gallop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 6 hill | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hill | det |
| 6 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 galloped | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 galloped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gallop | past | the steed | the hill | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over hill=Trajectory |
Example 3
The steeds raced across the plain.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 steeds | det |
| 2 | steeds | steed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 raced | nsubj |
| 3 | raced | race | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADP | _ | 6 plain | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 plain | det |
| 6 | plain | plain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 raced | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 raced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | race | past | the steeds | the plain | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across plain=Trajectory |
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.
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