southward

Who acts: Southward, birds, geese, ship, We, river · What happens: mean, fly, turn, walk, flow, move · To what, where: Africa, coast, team, South Pole, bridge, boards

«southward» in the English dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 14 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: southward in the English dictionary.

Everyday, meaning 1

Southward means towards the south: a southward journey, birds flying southward.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Southward	southward	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	towards	towards	ADP	_	5 south	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 south	det
5	south	south	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	obl
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 journey	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 journey	det
8	southward	southward	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 journey	amod
9	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 means	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 birds	punct
11	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 journey	nmod
12	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 birds	acl
13	southward	southward	ADV	_	12 flying	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Southward					towards the south; a southward journey birds parataxis	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	fly	gerund	birds not said here					southward property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 geese flew southward for the winter.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 geese	det
2	geese	goose	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 flew	nsubj
3	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	southward	southward	ADV	_	3 flew	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 winter	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 winter	det
7	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flew	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flew	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past	the geese				winter	southward property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 2

The ship turned southward towards Africa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 ship	det
2	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	southward	southward	ADV	_	3 turned	advmod
5	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 Africa	case
6	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 turned	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the ship			Africa		southward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards africa=Trajectory

Example 3

We walked southwards along the coast.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 walked	nsubj
2	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	southwards	southwards	ADV	_	2 walked	advmod
4	along	along	ADP	_	6 coast	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 coast	det
6	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walked	obl
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 walked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	We			the coast		southwards property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along coast=Trajectory

Example 4

The river flows southward to the sea.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 river	det
2	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flows	nsubj
3	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	southward	southward	ADV	_	3 flows	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flows	obl
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 flows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	the river					to the sea; southward property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 5

The storm is moving southward.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 moving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	aux
4	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	southward	southward	ADV	_	4 moving	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 moving	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	the storm					southward property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Example 6

Scott led his team southward to the South Pole.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scott	Scott	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	nsubj
2	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 team	nmod:poss
4	team	team	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 led	obj
5	southward	southward	ADV	_	2 led	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 Pole	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Pole	det
8	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 Pole	compound
9	Pole	Pole	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 led	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 led	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Scott	Scott's team	the South Pole			southward property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent team=Theme to pole=Destination

Example 7

Head southward until you reach the bridge.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	nsubj
2	southward	southward	ADV	_	5 reach	advmod
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	5 reach	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 reach	nsubj
5	reach	reach	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bridge	det
7	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reach	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 reach	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reach	present	Head	the bridge				you nsubj; southward property	vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme

Example 8

First she journeyed southward, quite down into the German land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	First	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 journeyed	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 journeyed	nsubj
3	journeyed	journey	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	southward	southward	ADV	_	3 journeyed	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 down	punct
6	quite	quite	ADV	_	7 down	advmod
7	down	down	ADV	_	3 journeyed	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	11 land	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 land	det
10	German	German	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 land	amod
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 down	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 journeyed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	journey	past	she					down, first, southward property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Example 9

And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward. (Torah EXO.36.23, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And he made the boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward.

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	3 made	cc
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boards	det
5	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tabernacle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tabernacle	det
8	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 boards	nmod
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 boards	punct
10	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 boards	nummod
11	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	15 side	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 side	det
14	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 side	amod
15	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 boards	nmod
16	southward	southward	ADV	_	3 made	advmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 made	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	he	the boards				for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side obl; southward property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent board=Product for tabernacle=Asset

Sentence 2: (Torah EXO.36.23, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.36.23	punct
2	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.36.23	compound
3	EXO.36.23	EXO.36.23	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EXO.36.23	conj
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 JPS	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	3 EXO.36.23	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 10

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards for the south side southward: (Torah EXO.26.18, JPS 1917)

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	4 make	cc
2	thou	thou	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Style=Arch	4 make	nsubj
3	shalt	shall	AUX	Style=Arch VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boards	det
6	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 make	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 tabernacle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tabernacle	det
9	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 boards	punct
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 boards	nummod
12	boards	board	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tabernacle	appos
13	for	for	ADP	_	16 side	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 side	det
15	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 side	amod
16	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 boards	nmod
17	southward	southward	ADV	_	4 make	advmod
18	:	:	PUNCT	_	21 EXO.26.18	punct
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 EXO.26.18	punct
20	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 EXO.26.18	compound
21	EXO.26.18	EXO.26.18	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 make	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 JPS	punct
23	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 EXO.26.18	flat
24	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	21 EXO.26.18	flat
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 EXO.26.18	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	shall	thou	the boards				for the tabernacle; Torah EXO.26.18 obl; southward property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP P.asset»: agent=Agent board=Product for tabernacle=Asset

Example 11

The families of the sons of Kohath were to pitch on the side of the tabernacle southward; (Torah NUM.3.29, JPS 1917)

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 families	det
2	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 pitch	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 sons	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sons	det
5	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 families	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Kohath	case
7	Kohath	Kohath	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sons	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 pitch	aux
9	to	to	PART	_	10 pitch	mark
10	pitch	pitch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 side	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 side	det
13	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 pitch	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 tabernacle	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tabernacle	det
16	tabernacle	tabernacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 side	nmod
17	southward	southward	ADV	_	10 pitch	advmod
18	;	;	PUNCT	_	21 NUM.3.29	punct
19	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 NUM.3.29	punct
20	Torah	Torah	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 NUM.3.29	compound
21	NUM.3.29	NUM.3.29	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 pitch	parataxis
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 JPS	punct
23	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 NUM.3.29	conj
24	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	21 NUM.3.29	flat
25	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 NUM.3.29	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pitch	past	the families of the sons of Kohath			the side of the tabernacle		Torah NUM.3.29 and JPS parataxis; southward property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent on side=Destination

Example 12

This is the south side southward. (Prophets EZK.47.19, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: This is the south side southward.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 side	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 side	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
4	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	amod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	southward	southward	ADV	_	5 side	advmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 side	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	This	the south side				southward property	tree rules

Sentence 2: (Prophets EZK.47.19, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	EZK.47.19	EZK.47.19	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 EZK.47.19	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 EZK.47.19	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 13

To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the Storehouse. (Writings 1CH.26.15, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the Storehouse.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	2 Obed	case
2	Obed	Obed	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 southward	obl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 Obed	punct
4	edom	edom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 southward	compound
5	southward	southward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 sons	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sons	cc
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 sons	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 sons	nmod:poss
10	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 southward	appos
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Storehouse	det
12	Storehouse	storehouse	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sons	conj
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 southward	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: (Writings 1CH.26.15, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct
2	Writings	writing	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	1CH.26.15	1CH.26.15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 Writings	flat
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 1917	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 1917	nmod:unmarked
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 1CH.26.15	conj
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Writings	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 14

And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward. (Prophets JOS.15.2, JPS 1917)

Sentence 1: And their south border was from the uttermost part of the Salt Sea, from the bay that looked southward.

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	And	and	CCONJ	_	9 part	cc
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 border	nmod:poss
3	south	South	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 border	amod
4	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 part	cop
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 part	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 part	det
8	uttermost	uttermost	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 part	amod
9	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 Sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 Sea	det
12	Salt	Salt	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Sea	compound
13	Sea	Sea	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 part	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bay	punct
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 bay	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bay	det
17	bay	bay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 part	conj
18	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 looked	nsubj
19	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 bay	acl:relcl
20	southward	southward	ADV	_	19 looked	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 part	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	their south border			the uttermost part and the bay		of the Salt Sea; the bay conj	tree rules
2	look	past	the bay					southward property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Sentence 2: (Prophets JOS.15.2, JPS 1917)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct
2	Prophets	prophet	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	JOS.15.2	JOS.15.2	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Prophets	appos
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 JPS	punct
5	JPS	JPS	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 JOS.15.2	flat
6	1917	1917	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 JOS.15.2	flat
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	2 Prophets	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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📖 southward

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