--- title: skyward — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics description: «skyward» in the school dictionary: Upward, towards the sky. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyward/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/) / [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/) / skyward # skyward **Who acts:** He, larks, She, skyward gaze · **What happens:** look, see, fly, raise, make, be · **To what, where:** birds, skyward, eyes, wish, hopeful one «skyward» in the school dictionary: its meaning for a pupil and its 4 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: [skyward in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/skyward.md). ## Meaning 1 {#m1} Upward, towards the sky. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:skyward:m1:1 # text = Upward, towards the sky. 1 Upward upward ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 towards towards ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 sky sky NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## Example 1 {#x1} He looked skyward and saw the birds. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:skyward:x1:1 # text = He looked skyward and saw the birds. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|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 skyward skyward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 saw see VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 birds bird NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | past | He | | | | | skyward *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **see** | past | He *not said here* | the birds | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bird=Stimulus | ## Example 2 {#x2} The larks flew skyward. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:skyward:x2:1 # text = The larks flew skyward. 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 larks lark NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 flew fly VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 skyward skyward NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fly** | past | the larks | skyward | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location skyward=Theme | ## Example 3 {#x3} She raised her eyes skyward and made a wish. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:skyward:x3:1 # text = She raised her eyes skyward and made a wish. 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 raised raise VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 eyes eye NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 skyward skyward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 wish wish NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **raise** | past | She | her eyes | | | | skyward *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Theme | | 2 | **make** | past | She *not said here* | a wish | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset wish=Product | ## Example 4 {#x4} A skyward gaze is a hopeful one. ```conllu # sent_id = dict:school:skyward:x4:1 # text = A skyward gaze is a hopeful one. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 skyward skyward ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 gaze gaze NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 hopeful hopeful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a skyward gaze | a hopeful one | | | | | tree rules | **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. - ← previous: [skyscraper](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/skyscraper/) - next →: [slab](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/slab/) - ↑ back to [S in school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/)