JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground

HTML

<div id='boxed'>

</div>

CSS

#boxed {
  border: 1px solid green ;
  background-color:green;
  width:100px;
  height:50px;
}

JavaScript

function placeDiv(x_pos) {
  var d = document.getElementById('boxed');
  d.style.position = "absolute";
  d.style.left = x_pos+'px';
    setTimeout(function(){   placeDiv2(10); }, 1000);

}
function placeDiv2(y_pos) {
  var d = document.getElementById('boxed');
  //d.style.position = "absolute";
  d.style.top = y_pos+'px';
  setTimeout(function(){ placeDiv(15); }, 1000);
  
}

placeDiv(10);