northwards Who acts: geese, river, We, storm, compass needle, road · What happens: mean, fly, flow, drive, move, point · To what, where: Scotland, forest, feet, road
«northwards» in the school dictionary: its meaning 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: northwards in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Northwards means towards the north.
advmod case det obl punct root Northwards ADV means VERB towards ADP the DET north NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Northwards northwards ADV _ 2 means advmod 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 towards towards ADP _ 5 north case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 north det 5 north north NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present towards the north; northwards property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
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 northwards in spring.
det nsubj advmod case obl punct root The DET geese NOUN flew VERB northwards ADV in ADP spring NOUN . PUNCT 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 northwards northwards ADV _ 3 flew advmod 5 in in ADP _ 6 spring case 6 spring spring NOUN Number=Sing 3 flew obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 flew punct
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1 fly past the geese spring northwards property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 2 The river flows northwards to the sea.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET river NOUN flows VERB northwards ADV to ADP the DET sea NOUN . PUNCT 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 northwards northwards 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
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1 flow present the river to the sea; northwards property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 We drove northwards towards Scotland.
nsubj advmod case obl punct root We PRON drove VERB northwards ADV towards ADP Scotland PROPN . 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 drove nsubj 2 drove drive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 northwards northwards ADV _ 2 drove advmod 4 towards towards ADP _ 5 Scotland case 5 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 2 drove obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 drove punct
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1 drive past We Scotland northwards property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards scotland=Trajectory
Example 4 The storm is moving northwards.
det nsubj aux advmod punct root The DET storm NOUN is AUX moving VERB northwards ADV . PUNCT 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 northwards northwards ADV _ 4 moving advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 moving punct
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1 move present · progressive the storm northwards property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 5 A compass needle points northwards.
det compound nsubj advmod punct root A DET compass NOUN needle NOUN points VERB northwards ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 needle det 2 compass compass NOUN Number=Sing 3 needle compound 3 needle needle NOUN Number=Sing 4 points nsubj 4 points point VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 northwards northwards ADV _ 4 points advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 points punct
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1 point present a compass needle northwards property vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 6 The road goes northwards through the forest.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET road NOUN goes VERB northwards ADV through ADP the DET forest NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 road det 2 road road NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 northwards northwards ADV _ 3 goes advmod 5 through through ADP _ 7 forest case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 forest det 7 forest forest NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
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1 go present the road the forest northwards property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through forest=Initial_Location
Example 7 The beggar scrambled to his feet, and without a pause walked quickly down the road that led northwards.
The tree, 18 words det nsubj case nmod:poss obl punct cc case det nsubj conj advmod case det obl nsubj acl:relcl advmod punct root The DET beggar NOUN scrambled VERB to ADP his PRON feet NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ without ADP a DET pause NOUN walked VERB quickly ADV down ADP the DET road NOUN that PRON led VERB northwards ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 beggar det 2 beggar beggar NOUN Number=Sing 3 scrambled nsubj 3 scrambled scramble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 6 feet case 5 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 feet nmod:poss 6 feet foot NOUN Number=Plur 3 scrambled obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 walked punct 8 and and CCONJ _ 12 walked cc 9 without without ADP _ 11 pause case 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 pause det 11 pause pause NOUN Number=Sing 12 walked nsubj 12 walked walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 scrambled conj 13 quickly quickly ADV _ 12 walked advmod 14 down down ADP _ 16 road case 15 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 16 road det 16 road road NOUN Number=Sing 12 walked obl 17 that that PRON PronType=Rel 18 led nsubj 18 led lead VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 16 road acl:relcl 19 northwards northwards ADV _ 18 led advmod 20 . . PUNCT _ 3 scrambled punct
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1 scramble past the beggar beggar's feet vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to foot=Destination 2 walk past a pause the road quickly property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down road=Trajectory 3 lead past the road northwards property vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
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