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title: seaward — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seaward» in the school dictionary: Towards the sea, away from the land. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# seaward

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**Who acts:** wind, shoals, cliffs · **What happens:** blow, lay, hide, drop away · **To what, where:** boat seaward, seaward side

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«seaward» 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: [seaward in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seaward.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Towards the sea, away from the land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaward:m1:1
# text = Towards the sea, away from the land.
1	Towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	land	land	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The wind blew the boat seaward.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaward:x1:1
# text = The wind blew the boat seaward.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	blew	blow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	seaward	seaward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **blow** | past | the wind | the boat seaward |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent seaward=Patient |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shoals lay to seaward, hidden under the waves.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaward:x2:1
# text = The shoals lay to seaward, hidden under the waves.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shoals	shoal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	lay	lay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	seaward	seaward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	hidden	hide	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
8	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	waves	wave	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl:agent	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lay** | present | the shoals |  |  |  |  | to seaward | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hide** | participle | the shoals *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The cliffs drop away on the seaward side.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seaward:x3:1
# text = The cliffs drop away on the seaward side.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cliffs	cliff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	seaward	seaward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop away** | present | the cliffs |  |  | the seaward side |  | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |

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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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