skyward
Who acts: He, larks, She, skyward gaze · What happens: look, see, fly, raise, make, be · To what, where: birds, skyward, eyes, wish, hopeful one
«skyward» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: skyward in the school dictionary.
Meaning 1
Upward, towards the sky.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upward | upward | ADV | _ | 5 sky | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Upward | punct |
| 3 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 5 sky | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sky | det |
| 5 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sky | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Example 1
He looked skyward and saw the birds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 looked | nsubj |
| 2 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | skyward | skyward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 looked | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 saw | cc |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 looked | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 birds | det |
| 7 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | He | skyward property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | see | past | He not said here | the birds | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus |
Example 2
The larks flew skyward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 larks | det |
| 2 | larks | lark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 flew | nsubj |
| 3 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | skyward | skyward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flew | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | the larks | skyward | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skyward=Theme |
Example 3
She raised her eyes skyward and made a wish.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 raised | nsubj |
| 2 | raised | raise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 4 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 raised | obj |
| 5 | skyward | skyward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 raised | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 made | cc |
| 7 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 raised | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 wish | det |
| 9 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 made | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 raised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past | She | her eyes | skyward property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | |||
| 2 | make | past | She not said here | a wish | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wish=Product |
Example 4
A skyward gaze is a hopeful one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 gaze | det |
| 2 | skyward | skyward | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gaze | amod |
| 3 | gaze | gaze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | hopeful | hopeful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a skyward gaze | a hopeful one | tree rules |
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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