:direction   (AMR annotation guidance)

We use the role :direction for directions of the compass such as north and south, as well as for up and down, left and right, back and forth, and towards a place. When an argument is a :source or a :destination, we do not also mark it as a direction.

Example:  He drove west, from Houston to Austin .
     (d / drive-01
           :ARG0 (h / he)
           :direction (w / west)
           :source (c / city :wiki "Houston"
                 :name (n / name :op1 "Houston"))
           :destination (c2 / city :wiki "Austin,_Texas"
                 :name (n2 / name :op1 "Austin")))

Example:  The plane crash occurred 50 miles east of Moscow.
     (c / crash-01
           :ARG1 (p / plane)
           :location (r / relative-position
                 :op1 (c2 / city :wiki "Moscow"
                       :name (n / name :op1 "Moscow"))
                 :quant (d / distance-quantity :quant 50
                       :unit (m / mile))
                 :direction (e / east)))

Example:  We drove 5 miles towards the coast.
     (d / drive-01
           :ARG0 (w / we)
           :ARG1 (d2 / distance-quantity :quant 5
                 :unit (m / mile))
           :direction (c / coast))

Example:  He drove away from the sunset.
     (s2 / sail-01
           :ARG0 (t / they)
           :direction (a / away
                 :op1 (s / sunset)))

Example:  I commute back and forth to work on the Huguenot Trail.
     (c / commute-01
           :ARG0 (i / i)
           :ARG2 (l / location
                 :location-of (w / work-01
                       :ARG0 i))
           :path (a / and
                 :op1 (b / back)
                 :op2 (f2 / forth))
           :path (r / road :wiki - :name (h / name :op1 "Huguenot" :op2 "Trail")))

Related roles: :source (from starting point), :destination (to end point), :path (a path or places on a path)

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