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title: In response, between 1960 and 1964 the U.S. imposed a range of sanct… — Cuba · tree and pragmatics
description: In response, between 1960 and 1964 the U.S. imposed a range of sanctions, eventually including a total ban on trade between the countries and a freeze on all Cuban-owned assets in the U.S. In February 1960, Castro signed a commercial agreement with Soviet Vice-Premier Anastas Mikoyan. Who acts: U.S.
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# Cuba, sentence 164

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From Wikipedia, [«Cuba»](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba), revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). The trees and pragmatics of these pages, Mova's parse of that text, are CC BY-SA 4.0 too.

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In response, between 1960 and 1964 the U.S. imposed a range of sanctions, eventually including a total ban on trade between the countries and a freeze on all Cuban-owned assets in the U.S. In February 1960, Castro signed a commercial agreement with Soviet Vice-Premier Anastas Mikoyan.

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**Who acts:** U.S., Castro · **What happens:** impose, include, own, sign · **To what, where:** range, response, total ban, trade, commercial agreement

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This is a sentence of the English Wikipedia article «Cuba». The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (U.S., Castro), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.

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**Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. The article's note marks are left out of the parse.

## The tree {#tree}

```conllu
# sent_id = wikipedia:Cuba:164
# text = In response, between 1960 and 1964 the U.S. imposed a range of sanctions, eventually including a total ban on trade between the countries and a freeze on all Cuban-owned assets in the U.S. In February 1960, Castro signed a commercial agreement with Soviet Vice-Premier Anastas Mikoyan.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	between	between	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	1964	1964	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	U.S.	U.S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	imposed	impose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	range	range	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sanctions	sanction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
17	including	include	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	ban	ban	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	_
21	on	on	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	_
23	between	between	ADP	IN	_	25	case	_	_
24	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
25	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	22	nmod	_	_
26	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	_	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	freeze	freeze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	conj	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	IN	_	34	case	_	_
30	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	34	det	_	_
31	Cuban	Cuban	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	33	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	31	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	34	amod	_	_
34	assets	asset	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	nmod	_	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	37	case	_	_
36	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	U.S.	U.S.	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	34	nmod	_	_
38	In	in	ADP	IN	_	39	case	_	_
39	February	February	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
40	1960	1960	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	39	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
41	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	43	punct	_	_
42	Castro	Castro	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	43	nsubj	_	_
43	signed	sign	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
44	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
45	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	46	amod	_	_
46	agreement	agreement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	43	obj	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	IN	_	49	case	_	_
48	Soviet	Soviet	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	compound	_	_
49	Vice	vice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	51	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	Premier	Premier	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	49	appos	_	_
52	Anastas	Anastas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	flat	_	_
53	Mikoyan	Mikoyan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	51	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
54	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

## Pragmatics {#pragmatics}

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | past | the U.S. | a range of sanctions |  | response |  | between 1960 | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent range=Theme |
| 2 | **include** | gerund | the U.S. *not said here* | a total ban and a freeze on all owned assets in the U.S. in February  1960 |  | trade between the countries |  | eventually *property* | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent ban=Theme on trade=Location |
| 3 | **own** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **sign** | past | Castro | a commercial agreement |  |  |  | with Soviet Vice | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent agreement=Destination with vice=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.

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**Text:** the English Wikipedia, «Cuba», revision of the 2026-09-01 dump, CC BY-SA 4.0. **Tree:** Mova's own parse, CC BY-SA 4.0 as the text is. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the article read in order, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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