She also takes issue with Willis' trend to pick fights with ``straw men'', opining that these criticisms of his ``seem out of place in a book of such grand scope and reach.'' John E. Cort of Denison University, Ohio reviewed the book for the Religious Studies Review. Describing the ``densely argued'' book, Cort noted that in ignoring Jain and Buddhist iconography and temples, Willis had failed to encompass the same scope which he professes.
She also takes issue with Willis' trend to pick fights with ``straw men'', opining that these criticisms of his ``seem out of place in a book of such grand scope and reach.''
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
advmod
also
also
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
take
takes
VERB
VBZ
obj
Number=Sing
issue
issue
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Willis
Willis
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
obl
Number=Sing
trend
trend
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
pick
pick
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Plur
fight
fights
NOUN
NNS
case
with
with
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
compound
Number=Sing
straw
straw
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
men''
men''
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
acl
VerbForm=Ger
opin
opining
VERB
VBG
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
det
Number=Plur|PronType=Dem
this
these
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
criticism
criticisms
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
ccomp
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
seem
seem
VERB
VBP
case
out
out
ADP
IN
fixed
of
of
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
place
place
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
such
such
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
grand
grand
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
scope
scope
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
reach
reach
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
John E. Cort of Denison University, Ohio reviewed the book for the Religious Studies Review.
nsubj
Number=Sing
John
John
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
E.
E.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Cort
Cort
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Denison
Denison
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
University
University
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Ohio
Ohio
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
review
reviewed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Religious
Religious
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Plur
Study
Studies
PROPN
NNPS
nmod
Number=Sing
Review
Review
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Describing the ``densely argued'' book, Cort noted that in ignoring Jain and Buddhist iconography and temples, Willis had failed to encompass the same scope which he professes.
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
describe
Describing
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advmod
densely
densely
ADV
RB
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
argue
argued
VERB
VBN
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
obj
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Cort
Cort
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
note
noted
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
mark
in
in
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
ignore
ignoring
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
Jain
Jain
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
amod
Degree=Pos
Buddhist
Buddhist
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
iconography
iconography
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
temple
temples
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Willis
Willis
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
fail
failed
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
encompass
encompass
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
same
same
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
scope
scope
NOUN
NN
obj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
profess
professes
VERB
VBZ
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.