westward Who acts: Westward, ship, sun, Pioneers, storm, garden · What happens: mean, go, describe, face, lie, sail · To what, where: west, something, Atlantic, sky, covered wagons, coast
«westward» 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: westward in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Westward means going towards the west.
nsubj xcomp case det obl punct root Westward NOUN means VERB going VERB towards ADP the DET west NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Westward westward NOUN Number=Sing 2 means nsubj 2 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 means xcomp 4 towards towards ADP _ 6 west case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 west det 6 west west NOUN Number=Sing 3 going obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present Westward vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go not said to happen gerund Westward not said here the west vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards west=Initial_Location
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 Westward describes something that faces or lies towards the west.
nsubj obj nsubj acl:relcl cc conj case det obl punct root Westward NOUN describes VERB something PRON that PRON faces VERB or CCONJ lies VERB towards ADP the DET west NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Westward westward NOUN Number=Sing 2 describes nsubj 2 describes describe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 2 describes obj 4 that that PRON PronType=Rel 5 faces nsubj 5 faces face VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 something acl:relcl 6 or or CCONJ _ 7 lies cc 7 lies lie VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 faces conj 8 towards towards ADP _ 10 west case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 west det 10 west west NOUN Number=Sing 7 lies obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 describes punct
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1 describe present Westward something vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent something=Theme 2 face present vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme 3 lie present towards the west vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Example 1 The ship sailed westward across the Atlantic.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET ship NOUN sailed VERB westward ADV across ADP the DET Atlantic PROPN . 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 3 sailed nsubj 3 sailed sail VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 westward westward ADV _ 3 sailed advmod 5 across across ADP _ 7 Atlantic case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 Atlantic det 7 Atlantic Atlantic PROPN Number=Sing 3 sailed obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 sailed punct
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1 sail past the ship the Atlantic westward property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across atlantic=Trajectory
Example 2 The sun moves westward across the sky during the day.
det nsubj advmod case det obl case det obl punct root The DET sun NOUN moves VERB westward ADV across ADP the DET sky NOUN during ADP the DET day NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sun det 2 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 3 moves nsubj 3 moves move VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 westward westward ADV _ 3 moves advmod 5 across across ADP _ 7 sky case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 sky det 7 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 3 moves obl 8 during during ADP _ 10 day case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 day det 10 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 moves obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 3 moves punct
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1 move present the sun the sky day westward property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory
Example 3 Pioneers travelled westward in covered wagons.
nsubj advmod case amod obl punct root Pioneers NOUN travelled VERB westward ADV in ADP covered ADJ wagons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pioneers pioneer NOUN Number=Plur 2 travelled nsubj 2 travelled travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 westward westward ADV _ 2 travelled advmod 4 in in ADP _ 6 wagons case 5 covered covered ADJ Degree=Pos 6 wagons amod 6 wagons wagon NOUN Number=Plur 2 travelled obl 7 . . PUNCT _ 2 travelled punct
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1 travel past Pioneers covered wagons westward property vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wagon=Trajectory
Example 4 The storm is moving westward towards the coast.
det nsubj aux advmod case det obl punct root The DET storm NOUN is AUX moving VERB westward ADV towards ADP the DET coast NOUN . 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 westward westward ADV _ 4 moving advmod 6 towards towards ADP _ 8 coast case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 coast det 8 coast coast NOUN Number=Sing 4 moving obl 9 . . PUNCT _ 4 moving punct
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1 move present · progressive the storm the coast westward property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme towards coast=Trajectory
Example 5 Our garden has a westward view, so we see the sunset.
nmod:poss nsubj det amod obj punct advmod nsubj parataxis det obj punct root Our PRON garden NOUN has VERB a DET westward ADJ view NOUN , PUNCT so ADV we PRON see VERB the DET sunset NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 garden nmod:poss 2 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 3 has nsubj 3 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 view det 5 westward westward ADJ Degree=Pos 6 view amod 6 view view NOUN Number=Sing 3 has obj 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 see punct 8 so so ADV _ 10 see advmod 9 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 see nsubj 10 see see VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 has parataxis 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 sunset det 12 sunset sunset NOUN Number=Sing 10 see obj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 has punct
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1 have present Our garden a westward view vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent view=Patient 2 see present we sunset vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Example 6 Westward expansion forced many Native Americans off their land.
amod acl amod amod obj case nmod:poss obl punct root Westward ADJ expansion NOUN forced VERB many ADJ Native ADJ Americans PROPN off ADP their PRON land NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Westward westward ADJ Degree=Pos 2 expansion amod 2 expansion expansion NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 forced force VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 expansion acl 4 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Americans amod 5 Native native ADJ Degree=Pos 6 Americans amod 6 Americans American PROPN Number=Plur 3 forced obj 7 off off ADP _ 9 land case 8 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 9 land nmod:poss 9 land land NOUN Number=Sing 3 forced obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 expansion punct
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1 force participle Westward expansion not said here many Native Americans off Americans's land vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent american=Recipient
Example 7 Turn westward at the old oak tree.
advmod case det amod compound obl punct root Turn VERB westward ADV at ADP the DET old ADJ oak NOUN tree NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Turn turn VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 westward westward ADV _ 1 Turn advmod 3 at at ADP _ 7 tree case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 tree det 5 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 7 tree amod 6 oak oak NOUN Number=Sing 7 tree compound 7 tree tree NOUN Number=Sing 1 Turn obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 1 Turn punct
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1 turn imperative you not said here the old oak tree westward property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at tree=Trajectory
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