Thoughtful and quietly religious, Byron is superior to Brown in every way but his shyness prevents him from revealing his feelings to Lena. The novel then switches to the second plot strand, the story of Lucas Burch/Joe Brown's partner Joe Christmas. The surly, psychopathic Christmas has been on the run for years, ever since presumably killing his strict Methodist adopted father.
Thoughtful and quietly religious, Byron is superior to Brown in every way but his shyness prevents him from revealing his feelings to Lena.
advcl
Degree=Pos
thoughtful
Thoughtful
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
advmod
quietly
quietly
ADV
RB
conj
Degree=Pos
religious
religious
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Byron
Byron
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
root
Degree=Pos
superior
superior
ADJ
JJ
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Brown
Brown
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
PronType=Tot
every
every
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
way
way
NOUN
NN
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nsubj
Number=Sing
shyness
shyness
NOUN
NN
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
prevent
prevents
VERB
VBZ
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
mark
from
from
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
reveal
revealing
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Plur
feeling
feelings
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Lena
Lena
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The novel then switches to the second plot strand, the story of Lucas Burch/Joe Brown's partner Joe Christmas.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Sing
novel
novel
NOUN
NN
advmod
PronType=Dem
then
then
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
switch
switches
VERB
VBZ
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
second
second
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
plot
plot
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
strand
strand
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Lucas
Lucas
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Burch
Burch
PROPN
NNP
cc
/
/
SYM
,
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Joe
Joe
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Brown
Brown
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
appos
Number=Sing
partner
partner
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Joe
Joe
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Christmas
Christmas
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
The surly, psychopathic Christmas has been on the run for years, ever since presumably killing his strict Methodist adopted father.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
surly
surly
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
amod
Degree=Pos
psychopathic
psychopathic
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
Christmas
Christmas
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
has
AUX
VBZ
cop
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
root
Number=Sing
run
run
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
ever
ever
ADV
RB
mark
since
since
SCONJ
IN
advmod
presumably
presumably
ADV
RB
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
kill
killing
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
strict
strict
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
Methodist
Methodist
PROPN
NNP
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
adopt
adopted
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Sing
father
father
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.