More than 50 years later, Owings described his first glimpse of the 70-story skyscraper as a breathtaking ``knife edge, presenting its narrow dimension to Fifth Avenue.'' Hood's recommendation led to a job Owings worked as an architect on the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago (1929--34). He had been hired by his brother-in-law, Louis Skidmore, the chief architect for the exposition.
More than 50 years later, Owings described his first glimpse of the 70-story skyscraper as a breathtaking ``knife edge, presenting its narrow dimension to Fifth Avenue.''
advmod
Degree=Cmp
more
More
ADV
RBR
fixed
than
than
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
50
50
NUM
CD
obl:tmod
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
advmod
Degree=Cmp
late
later
ADV
RBR
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Owing
Owings
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
describe
described
VERB
VBD
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
glimpse
glimpse
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
70
70
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
skyscraper
skyscraper
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
breathtaking
breathtaking
ADJ
JJ
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
compound
Number=Sing
knife
knife
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
edge
edge
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
present
presenting
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
its
its
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
narrow
narrow
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
dimension
dimension
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
fifth
Fifth
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Avenue
Avenue
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Hood's recommendation led to a job Owings worked as an architect on the Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago (1929--34).
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Hood
Hood
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj
Number=Sing
recommendation
recommendation
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
lead
led
VERB
VBD
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
job
job
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Owing
Owings
PROPN
NNP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
work
worked
VERB
VBD
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
architect
architect
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Century
Century
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Progress
Progress
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Exposition
Exposition
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Chicago
Chicago
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1929
1929
NUM
CD
case
-
-
SYM
SYM
case
-
-
SYM
SYM
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
34
34
NUM
CD
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He had been hired by his brother-in-law, Louis Skidmore, the chief architect for the exposition.
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
aux:pass
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
hire
hired
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl:agent
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
case
in
in
ADP
IN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nmod
Number=Sing
law
law
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Louis
Louis
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Skidmore
Skidmore
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
chief
chief
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Sing
architect
architect
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
exposition
exposition
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.