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title: stead — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «stead» in the Early Modern English dictionary: The place or position of someone else; in someone's stead means in their place. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# stead

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

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stead:m1:1
# text = The place or position of someone else; in someone's stead means in their place.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nmod	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	stead	stead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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.

## Example 1 {#x1}

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

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From Torah GEN.36.36, JPS 1917.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stead:x1:1
# text = And Hadad died, and Samlah of Masrekah reigned in his stead.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Hadad	Hadad	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	Samlah	Samlah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	Masrekah	Masrekah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	reigned	reign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	stead	stead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

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

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From Myths and Legends of Ancient Greece and Rome.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stead:x2:1
# text = Amphion became king of Thebes in his uncle's stead.
1	Amphion	Amphion	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Thebes	thebe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	stead	stead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

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

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From Torah GEN.36.38, JPS 1917.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:stead:x3:1
# text = And Shaul died, and Baal-hanan the son of Achbor reigned in his stead.
1	And	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
2	Shaul	Shaul	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	died	die	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
6	Baal	Baal	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	hanan	hanan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Achbor	Achbor	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
13	reigned	reign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	stead	stead	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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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**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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