homeward Who acts: Towards, we, our, tired walkers, homeward, Birds · What happens: walk, go, start, journey, turn, get · To what, where: homeward, homeward journey, homeward bound, homewards, fields, mountains
«homeward» in the school dictionary: its 2 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: homeward in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Towards home, as in «We walked homeward».
nsubj advmod punct mark fixed punct nsubj obj punct punct root Towards NOUN home ADV , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT We PRON walked VERB homeward NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Towards toward NOUN Number=Plur 8 walked nsubj 2 home home ADV _ 1 Towards advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 8 walked punct 4 as as SCONJ _ 8 walked mark 5 in in ADP _ 4 as fixed 6 « « PUNCT _ 8 walked punct 7 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 walked nsubj 8 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 9 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 8 walked obj 10 » » PUNCT _ 8 walked punct 11 . . PUNCT _ 8 walked punct
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1 walk in a quote past Towards homeward vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Trajectory
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.
Meaning 2 Usage: adjective — kept apart, not parsed.
Going towards home, as in «the homeward journey».
case obl punct mark case punct det compound obl punct punct root Going VERB towards ADP home NOUN , PUNCT as SCONJ in ADP « PUNCT the DET homeward NOUN journey NOUN » PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 towards towards ADP _ 3 home case 3 home home NOUN Number=Sing 1 Going obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 10 journey punct 5 as as SCONJ _ 10 journey mark 6 in in ADP _ 10 journey case 7 « « PUNCT _ 10 journey punct 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 journey det 9 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 10 journey compound 10 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing 1 Going obl 11 » » PUNCT _ 10 journey punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 1 Going punct
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1 go gerund the homeward journey towards home vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards home=Initial_Location
Example 1 After the match, we started our homeward journey.
case det obl punct nsubj nmod:poss compound obj punct root After ADP the DET match NOUN , PUNCT we PRON started VERB our PRON homeward NOUN journey NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 After after ADP _ 3 match case 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 match det 3 match match NOUN Number=Sing 6 started obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 match punct 5 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 started nsubj 6 started start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 journey nmod:poss 8 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 9 journey compound 9 journey journey NOUN Number=Sing 6 started obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 6 started punct
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1 start past we our homeward journey after the match vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent journey=Eventuality 2 journey our nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent
Example 2 The tired walkers turned homeward as it got dark.
det amod nsubj obj mark nsubj advcl xcomp punct root The DET tired ADJ walkers NOUN turned VERB homeward NOUN as SCONJ it PRON got VERB dark ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 walkers det 2 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 3 walkers amod 3 walkers walker NOUN Number=Plur 4 turned nsubj 4 turned turn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 4 turned obj 6 as as SCONJ _ 8 got mark 7 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 got nsubj 8 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 turned advcl 9 dark dark ADJ Degree=Pos 8 got xcomp 10 . . PUNCT _ 4 turned punct
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1 turn past the tired walkers homeward vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme 2 get past homeward dark property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Example 3 Birds fly homeward in spring.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Birds NOUN fly VERB homeward NOUN in ADP spring NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Birds bird NOUN Number=Plur 2 fly nsubj 2 fly fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 2 fly obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 spring case 5 spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 2 fly obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 fly punct
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1 fly present Birds homeward spring vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location homeward=Theme
Example 4 The ship was homeward bound.
det nsubj cop compound punct root The DET ship NOUN was AUX homeward NOUN bound NOUN . PUNCT 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 5 bound nsubj 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 bound cop 4 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 5 bound compound 5 bound bound NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 bound punct
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1 is a past the ship homeward bound tree rules
Example 5 The homeward trip took longer because of traffic.
det compound nsubj advmod case fixed obl punct root The DET homeward NOUN trip NOUN took VERB longer ADV because ADP of ADP traffic NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 trip det 2 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 3 trip compound 3 trip trip NOUN Number=Sing 4 took nsubj 4 took take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 4 took advmod 6 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 traffic case 7 of of ADP _ 6 because fixed 8 traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 4 took obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 took punct
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1 take past the homeward trip because traffic; long property vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Example 6 We walked homewards across the fields.
nsubj obj case det obl punct root We PRON walked VERB homewards NOUN across ADP the DET fields NOUN . PUNCT 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 homewards homeward NOUN Number=Plur 2 walked obj 4 across across ADP _ 6 fields case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 fields det 6 fields field NOUN Number=Plur 2 walked obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 walked punct
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1 walk past We homewards the fields vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent homeward=Theme across field=Trajectory
Example 7 We wandered silently homeward across the mountains.
nsubj advmod obj case det obl punct root We PRON wandered VERB silently ADV homeward NOUN across ADP the DET mountains NOUN . PUNCT 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 wandered nsubj 2 wandered wander VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 silently silently ADV _ 2 wandered advmod 4 homeward homeward NOUN Number=Sing 2 wandered obj 5 across across ADP _ 7 mountains case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 mountains det 7 mountains mountain NOUN Number=Plur 2 wandered obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 wandered punct
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1 wander past We homeward the mountains silently property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme homeward=Trajectory
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