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title: gatekeeper — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «gatekeeper» in the school dictionary: A gatekeeper is a person who looks after a gate and lets people in or out. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# gatekeeper

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**Who acts:** gatekeeper, person, You, travellers · **What happens:** be, look, let, open, ask, want · **To what, where:** person, people, big gate, gatekeeper

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

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

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A gatekeeper is a person who looks after a gate and lets people in or out.

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```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gatekeeper:m1:1
# text = A gatekeeper is a person who looks after a gate and lets people in or out.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	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	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	lets	let	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
13	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	in	in	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
15	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	out	out	ADV	RB	_	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 gatekeeper | a person |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | present | a person |  |  |  | after a gate |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **let** | present | a person *not said here* | people |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=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 gatekeeper opened the big gate.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gatekeeper:x1:1
# text = The gatekeeper opened the big gate.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	opened	open	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | past | the gatekeeper | the big gate |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location gate=Theme |

## Example 2 {#x2}

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You must ask the gatekeeper if you want to go in.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gatekeeper:x2:1
# text = You must ask the gatekeeper if you want to go in.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | must | You | the gatekeeper |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent gatekeeper=Recipient |
| 2 | **want** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **go in** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## Example 3 {#x3}

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The gatekeeper let the travellers pass.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:gatekeeper:x3:1
# text = The gatekeeper let the travellers pass.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	let	let	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	travellers	traveller	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pass	pass	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | past | the gatekeeper |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pass** | present | the travellers |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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