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title: steed — Early Modern English dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «steed» in the Early Modern English dictionary: A horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# steed

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**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

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:steed:m1:1
# text = A horse, especially a fine or strong one that a knight or hero rides.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
9	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
13	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	conj	_	_
15	rides	ride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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

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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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“Gallop on, gallop on, my pretty steed!

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From The Adventures of Pinocchio.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:steed:x1:1
# text = “Gallop on, gallop on, my pretty steed!
1	“	"	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Gallop	gallop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	gallop	gallop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
9	pretty	pretty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	steed	steed	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 | **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 {#x2}

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Scentest thou some ill?’ The steed replied:

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From The Red Fairy Book.

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*Sentence 1:* Scentest thou some ill?’

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:steed:x2:1
# text = Scentest thou some ill?’
1	Scentest	scent	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Style=Arch|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	thou	thou	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Style=Arch	1	obj	_	_
3	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	’	'	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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*Sentence 2:* The steed replied:

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:steed:x2:2
# text = The steed replied:
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	replied	reply	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

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

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From Fifty Famous Stories Retold.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:emode:steed:x3:1
# text = "Ha!" cried one, "it is the miser's steed.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Ha	ha	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
5	cried	cry	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	miser	miser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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