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title: heavenwards — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «heavenwards» in the school dictionary: Heavenwards means upwards, towards the sky or heaven. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# heavenwards

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**Who acts:** Heavenwards, She, lark, He · **What happens:** mean, look, smile, rise, sing, point · **To what, where:** heavenwards

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«heavenwards» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 3 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: [heavenwards in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/heavenwards.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Heavenwards means upwards, towards the sky or heaven.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenwards:m1:1
# text = Heavenwards means upwards, towards the sky or heaven.
1	Heavenwards	heavenward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upwards	upwards	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	parataxis	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	heaven	heaven	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Heavenwards |  |  |  |  | upwards *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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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 {#x1}

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She looked heavenwards and smiled.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenwards:x1:1
# text = She looked heavenwards and smiled.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heavenwards	heavenward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	smiled	smile	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | She | heavenwards |  |  |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme heavenward=Attribute |
| 2 | **smile** | past | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The lark rose heavenwards, singing.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenwards:x2:1
# text = The lark rose heavenwards, singing.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lark	lark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	heavenwards	heavenward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	singing	sing	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | past | the lark | heavenwards |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heavenward=Theme |
| 2 | **sing** *speech: express* | gerund | the lark *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He pointed heavenwards with one hand.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:heavenwards:x3:1
# text = He pointed heavenwards with one hand.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pointed	point	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	heavenwards	heavenward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **point** | past | He | heavenwards |  |  |  | with one hand | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent heavenward=Patient |

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**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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