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title: doorkeeper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «doorkeeper» in the school dictionary: A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# doorkeeper

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**Who acts:** doorkeeper, job, we, our, friends · **What happens:** be, check, come in, go out, open, ask · **To what, where:** person, door, doorkeeper, gate

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorkeeper:m1:1
# text = A doorkeeper is a person whose job is to guard a door, check who comes in and go out, and open the door for people.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	guard	guard	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
14	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	ccomp	_	_
17	in	in	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
19	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	16	conj	_	_
20	out	out	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
23	open	open	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	parataxis	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
26	for	for	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
27	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a doorkeeper | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | job |  |  |  |  | guard *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **check** | infinitive | job *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come in** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **go out** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **open** | infinitive |  | the door |  |  |  | for people | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme |

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One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorkeeper:x1:1
# text = The doorkeeper asked for our tickets before we went in.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	asked	ask	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	tickets	ticket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	in	in	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | the doorkeeper |  |  |  |  | for our tickets | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go in** | past | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **ticket** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom ticket «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorkeeper:x2:1
# text = Only the king's friends could pass the doorkeeper.
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	king	king	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	_
5	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pass** | could | the king's friends | the doorkeeper |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme doorkeeper=Trajectory |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The doorkeeper locked the gate at night.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:doorkeeper:x3:1
# text = The doorkeeper locked the gate at night.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	doorkeeper	doorkeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	locked	lock	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	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 | **lock** | past | the doorkeeper | the gate |  |  | night |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Patient |

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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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