gatekeeper

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

«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.

Meaning 1

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

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 gatekeeper	det
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 person	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 looks	nsubj
7	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	acl:relcl
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looks	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lets	cc
12	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 looks	conj
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lets	obj
14	in	in	ADV	_	12 lets	advmod
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 out	cc
16	out	out	ADV	_	14 in	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 person	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	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

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

The gatekeeper opened the big gate.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gatekeeper	det
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	nsubj
3	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gate	amod
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 opened	obj
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 opened	punct

#	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

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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 ask	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	aux
3	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gatekeeper	det
5	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ask	obj
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 want	mark
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 want	nsubj
8	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ask	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 go	mark
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 want	xcomp
11	in	in	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 ask	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	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

The gatekeeper let the travellers pass.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gatekeeper	det
2	gatekeeper	gatekeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 let	nsubj
3	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 travellers	det
5	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pass	nsubj
6	pass	pass	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 let	ccomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 let	punct

#	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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