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title: seawards — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «seawards» 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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# seawards

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**Who acts:** tide, boat, we, Rip currents, river, house · **What happens:** flow, drift, look, pull, swim, escape · **To what, where:** seawards, strong wind, cliff, swimmers, town

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«seawards» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 6 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: [seawards in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/seawards.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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Towards the sea, away from the land.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards: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 tide was flowing seawards.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x1:1
# text = The tide was flowing seawards.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tide	tide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	flowing	flow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flow** | past · progressive | the tide | seawards |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location seaward=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The boat drifted seawards in the strong wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x2:1
# text = The boat drifted seawards in the strong wind.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boat	boat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	drifted	drift	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wind	wind	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 | **drift** | past | the boat | seawards |  | the strong wind |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location seaward=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
From the cliff we looked seawards.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x3:1
# text = From the cliff we looked seawards.
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cliff	cliff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
4	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | past | we | seawards |  | the cliff |  |  | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme seaward=Attribute |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Rip currents can pull swimmers seawards; swim parallel to the shore to escape.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x4:1
# text = Rip currents can pull swimmers seawards; swim parallel to the shore to escape.
1	Rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	currents	current	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	pull	pull	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	swimmers	swimmer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	swim	swim	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
9	parallel	parallel	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shore	shore	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	escape	escape	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** | can | Rip currents | swimmers |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent swimmer=Theme seaward=Result |
| 2 | **swim** | infinitive | Rip currents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **escape** | to-infinitive | Rip currents *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The river runs seawards through the town.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x5:1
# text = The river runs seawards through the town.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	through	through	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | the river | seawards |  | the town |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent seaward=Theme through town=Trajectory |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The house faces seawards.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:seawards:x6:1
# text = The house faces seawards.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	faces	face	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	seawards	seaward	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **face** | present | the house | seawards |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme seaward=Destination |

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