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title: soviet — school dictionary · trees and pragmatics
description: «soviet» in the school dictionary: Soviet means of or about the Soviet Union (USSR), a large communist country that existed for most of the last century, made of Russia, Ukraine and other republics, ruled from Moscow. Every meaning for a pupil with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# soviet

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**Who acts:** Soviet, large communist country, word, Soviets, Yuri, Ukraine · **What happens:** mean, exist, make, rule, be, send · **To what, where:** Moscow, council, Russia, government, first person, space · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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«soviet» in the school dictionary: its 3 meanings for a pupil and its 7 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: [soviet in the school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/soviet.md).

## Meaning 1 {#m1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soviet means of or about the Soviet Union (USSR), a large communist country that existed for most of the last century, made of Russia, Ukraine and other republics, ruled from Moscow.

<!-- fold The tree, 31 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:m1:1
# text = Soviet means of or about the Soviet Union (USSR), a large communist country that existed for most of the last century, made of Russia, Ukraine and other republics, ruled from Moscow.
1	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	USSR	USSR	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	communist	communist	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	appos	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	18	nsubj	_	_
18	existed	exist	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	acl:relcl	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	18	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	century	century	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
26	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	conj	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	_	_
30	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	28	conj	_	_
31	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	_	_
32	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	republics	republic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	35	punct	_	_
35	ruled	rule	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
36	from	from	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
37	Moscow	Moscow	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Soviet |  |  |  |  | of the Soviet Union | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **exist** | past | a large communist country |  |  |  |  | for most of the last century | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **make** | participle | a large communist country *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of Russia and Ukraine and other republics | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **rule** | past | a large communist country *not said here* |  |  | Moscow |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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.

## Meaning 2 {#m2}

<!-- .note -->
Usage: history — kept apart, not parsed.

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A soviet was a workers' council in Russia; the word means «council» in Russian.

<!-- fold The tree, 15 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:m2:1
# text = A soviet was a workers' council in Russia; the word means «council» in Russian.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	'	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
13	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
14	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | a soviet | a workers's council |  | Russia |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **mean** | present | the word | council |  |  |  | in Russian | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot council=Theme in russian=Attribute |

## Meaning 3 {#m3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«The Soviets» means the government or people of the Soviet Union.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:m3:1
# text = «The Soviets» means the government or people of the Soviet Union.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	Soviets	Soviet	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the Soviets | the government or people of the Soviet Union |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent government=Topic |

## Example 1 {#x1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, sent by the Soviet Union.

<!-- fold The tree, 13 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x1:1
# text = Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, sent by the Soviet Union.
1	Yuri	Yuri	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
2	Gagarin	Gagarin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	flat	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Yuri | the first person |  | space |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **send** | participle |  | the first person *not said here* |  |  |  | by the Soviet Union | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## Example 2 {#x2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union before it became independent.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x2:1
# text = Ukraine was part of the Soviet Union before it became independent.
1	Ukraine	Ukraine	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
11	independent	independent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | Ukraine | part |  |  |  | of the Soviet Union | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | past | Union | part *not said here* |  |  |  | independent *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Patient part=Result |

## Example 3 {#x3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Cold War was a long standoff between the USA and the Soviets.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x3:1
# text = The Cold War was a long standoff between the USA and the Soviets.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Cold	Cold	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	standoff	standoff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	between	between	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	Soviets	Soviet	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the Cold War | a long standoff |  |  |  | between the USA and the Soviets | tree rules |

## Example 4 {#x4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Soviet soldiers fought in the Second World War.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x4:1
# text = Soviet soldiers fought in the Second World War.
1	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	fought	fight	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	Second	Second	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	amod	_	_
7	World	World	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	War	War	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fight** | past | Soviet soldiers |  |  | the Second World War |  |  | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 5 {#x5}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The Soviet Union broke up into fifteen countries.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x5:1
# text = The Soviet Union broke up into fifteen countries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Union	Union	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	broke	break	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break up** | past | the Soviet Union |  |  |  |  | into fifteen countries *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into country=Result |

## Example 6 {#x6}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Under Soviet rule, many people could not speak freely.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x6:1
# text = Under Soviet rule, many people could not speak freely.
1	Under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	Soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	speak	speak	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
10	freely	freely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **speak** *speech: other* | could | many people |  |  | Soviet rule |  | freely *property* | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## Example 7 {#x7}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The word «soviet» means «council» in Russian.

```conllu
# sent_id = dict:school:soviet:x7:1
# text = The word «soviet» means «council» in Russian.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	soviet	soviet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	Russian	Russian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | the word | council |  |  |  | in Russian | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot council=Theme in russian=Attribute |

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