The von Trapp family had no control over how they were depicted in the film and stage musical, having given up the rights to their story to a German producer in the 1950s who then sold the rights to American producers. Robert Wise met with Maria von Trapp and made it clear, according to a memo to Richard Zanuck, that he was not making a ``documentary or realistic movie'' about her family, and that he would make the film with ``complete dramatic freedom'' in order to produce a ``fine and moving film''--one they could all be proud of.
The von Trapp family had no control over how they were depicted in the film and stage musical, having given up the rights to their story to a German producer in the 1950s who then sold the rights to American producers.
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
von
von
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Trapp
Trapp
PROPN
NNP
nsubj
Number=Sing
family
family
NOUN
NN
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
VERB
VBD
det
no
no
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
control
control
NOUN
NN
case
over
over
ADP
IN
nmod
PronType=Int
how
how
ADV
WRB
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
advcl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
depict
depicted
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
compound
Number=Sing
stage
stage
NOUN
NN
conj
Number=Sing
musical
musical
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
aux
VerbForm=Ger
have
having
AUX
VBG
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
give
given
VERB
VBN
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
right
rights
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
their
their
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
German
German
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
producer
producer
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
1950s
1950s
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
advmod
PronType=Dem
then
then
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
sell
sold
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Plur
right
rights
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
American
American
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
producer
producers
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Robert Wise met with Maria von Trapp and made it clear, according to a memo to Richard Zanuck, that he was not making a ``documentary or realistic movie'' about her family, and that he would make the film with ``complete dramatic freedom'' in order to produce a ``fine and moving film''--one they could all be proud of.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Robert
Robert
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Wise
Wise
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
meet
met
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Maria
Maria
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
von
von
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Trapp
Trapp
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
xcomp
Degree=Pos
clear
clear
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
case
ExtPos=ADP|VerbForm=Ger
accord
according
VERB
VBG
fixed
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
memo
memo
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Richard
Richard
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Zanuck
Zanuck
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
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
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
acl:relcl
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
make
making
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
obj
Number=Sing
documentary
documentary
NOUN
NN
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
amod
Degree=Pos
realistic
realistic
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
movie
movie
NOUN
NN
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
case
about
about
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
family
family
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
conj
VerbForm=Inf
make
make
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
film
film
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
complete
complete
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
dramatic
dramatic
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
freedom
freedom
NOUN
NN
punct
'
'
PUNCT
''
mark
in
in
ADP
IN
fixed
Number=Sing
order
order
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
produce
produce
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
fine
fine
ADJ
JJ
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Ger
move
moving
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
film''
film''
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
appos
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
could
AUX
MD
advmod
all
all
ADV
RB
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
acl:relcl
Degree=Pos
proud
proud
ADJ
JJ
obl
of
of
ADP
IN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.