westwards Who acts: sun, ship, storm, Settlers, you, river · What happens: mean, set, sail, move, travel, walk · To what, where: Atlantic, westwards, wagons, sky, beach, cave
«westwards» 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: westwards in the school dictionary .
Meaning 1 Westwards means towards the west, the direction where the sun sets.
advmod case det obl punct det appos advmod det nsubj acl:relcl punct root Westwards ADV means VERB towards ADP the DET west NOUN , PUNCT the DET direction NOUN where ADV the DET sun NOUN sets VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Westwards westwards 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 west case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 west det 5 west west NOUN Number=Sing 2 means obl 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 direction punct 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 direction det 8 direction direction NOUN Number=Sing 5 west appos 9 where where ADV PronType=Rel 12 sets advmod 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 sun det 11 sun sun NOUN Number=Sing 12 sets nsubj 12 sets set VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 direction acl:relcl 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 means punct
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1 mean present towards the west; westwards property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 set present the sun vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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 ship sailed westwards across the Atlantic.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET ship NOUN sailed VERB westwards 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 westwards westwards 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 westwards property vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent across atlantic=Trajectory
Example 2 The storm is moving westwards.
det nsubj aux advmod punct root The DET storm NOUN is AUX moving VERB westwards 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 westwards westwards ADV _ 4 moving advmod 6 . . PUNCT _ 4 moving punct
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1 move present · progressive the storm westwards property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
Example 3 Settlers travelled westwards in wagons.
nsubj obj case obl punct root Settlers NOUN travelled VERB westwards NOUN in ADP wagons NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Settlers settler NOUN Number=Plur 2 travelled nsubj 2 travelled travel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 westwards westward NOUN Number=Plur 2 travelled obj 4 in in ADP _ 5 wagons case 5 wagons wagon NOUN Number=Plur 2 travelled obl 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 travelled punct
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1 travel past Settlers westwards wagons vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme westward=Trajectory
Example 4 The sun moves westwards across the sky during the day.
det nsubj advmod case det obl case det obl punct root The DET sun NOUN moves VERB westwards 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 westwards westwards 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 westwards property vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory
Example 5 Walk westwards along the beach to find the cave.
advmod case det obl mark advcl det obj punct root Walk VERB westwards ADV along ADP the DET beach NOUN to PART find VERB the DET cave NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Walk walk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 westwards westwards ADV _ 1 Walk advmod 3 along along ADP _ 5 beach case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 beach det 5 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 1 Walk obl 6 to to PART _ 7 find mark 7 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Walk advcl 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 cave det 9 cave cave NOUN Number=Sing 7 find obj 10 . . PUNCT _ 1 Walk punct
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1 walk imperative you not said here the beach westwards property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along beach=Trajectory 2 find to-infinitive you not said here the cave vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cave=Topic
Example 6 The river flows westwards to the sea.
det nsubj advmod case det obl punct root The DET river NOUN flows VERB westwards 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 westwards westwards 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; westwards property vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Example 7 Then one of the feathers flew eastwards, another westwards, but the third went straight up towards the sky, though it only sped a short distance before falling to earth.
The tree, 29 words advmod nsubj case det nmod obj punct conj advmod punct cc det nsubj conj advmod advmod case det obl punct mark nsubj advmod conj det amod obj mark advcl case obl punct root Then ADV one NUM of ADP the DET feathers NOUN flew VERB eastwards NOUN , PUNCT another DET westwards ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ the DET third ADJ went VERB straight ADV up ADV towards ADP the DET sky NOUN , PUNCT though SCONJ it PRON only ADV sped VERB a DET short ADJ distance NOUN before SCONJ falling VERB to ADP earth NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 6 flew advmod 2 one one NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 6 flew nsubj 3 of of ADP _ 5 feathers case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 feathers det 5 feathers feather NOUN Number=Plur 2 one nmod 6 flew fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 eastwards eastward NOUN Number=Plur 6 flew obj 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 another punct 9 another another DET PronType=Ind 6 flew conj 10 westwards westwards ADV _ 9 another advmod 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 went punct 12 but but CCONJ _ 15 went cc 13 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 14 third det 14 third third ADJ Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 15 went nsubj 15 went go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 flew conj 16 straight straight ADV _ 17 up advmod 17 up up ADV _ 15 went advmod 18 towards towards ADP _ 20 sky case 19 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 20 sky det 20 sky sky NOUN Number=Sing 15 went obl 21 , , PUNCT _ 25 sped punct 22 though though SCONJ _ 25 sped mark 23 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 25 sped nsubj 24 only only ADV _ 25 sped advmod 25 sped speed VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 went conj 26 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 28 distance det 27 short short ADJ Degree=Pos 28 distance amod 28 distance distance NOUN Number=Sing 25 sped obj 29 before before SCONJ _ 30 falling mark 30 falling fall VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 25 sped advcl 31 to to ADP _ 32 earth case 32 earth earth NOUN Number=Sing 30 falling obl 33 . . PUNCT _ 6 flew punct
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1 fly past one of the feathers eastwards then vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location eastward=Theme 2 go past the third the sky vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme towards sky=Initial_Location 3 speed past sky a short distance vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location distance=Theme 4 fall gerund sky not said here to earth vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to earth=Theme
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