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title: steed — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «steed» in the school dictionary: A steed is 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:** steed, that, knight, steeds · **What happens:** be, ride, mount, gallop, race · **To what, where:** horse, steed, hill, plain

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Usage: old use, in fairy tales and legends — kept apart, not parsed.

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

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:steed:m1:1
# text = A steed is 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	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	horse	horse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	especially	especially	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	conj	_	_
12	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	appos	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
16	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	hero	hero	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	_
18	rides	ride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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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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The knight mounted his steed.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:steed:x1:1
# text = The knight mounted his steed.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	knight	knight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mounted	mount	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x2}

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The steed galloped over the hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:steed:x2:1
# text = The steed galloped over the hill.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steed	steed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	galloped	gallop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#x3}

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The steeds raced across the plain.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:steed:x3:1
# text = The steeds raced across the plain.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steeds	steed	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	raced	race	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	across	across	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	plain	plain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |

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**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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