Gilbert Cruz of Entertainment Weekly called the book ``half an account of Ken's life-halting obsession with reconstructing his mythical older brother and half the biography that David always expected as a soon-to-be-famous author.'' Matthew Sweet of The Independent wrote, ``Ken Dornstein's project--his researches and the book that they have become--is both a loving tribute to the memory of his dead brother and an act of destruction and erasure...
Gilbert Cruz of Entertainment Weekly called the book ``half an account of Ken's life-halting obsession with reconstructing his mythical older brother and half the biography that David always expected as a soon-to-be-famous author.''
nsubj
Number=Sing
Gilbert
Gilbert
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Cruz
Cruz
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Entertainment
Entertainment
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Weekly
Weekly
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det:predet
NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Neg
half
half
DET
PDT
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
account
account
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Ken
Ken
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
compound
Number=Sing
life
life
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
VerbForm=Ger
halt
halting
VERB
VBG
nmod
Number=Sing
obsession
obsession
NOUN
NN
mark
with
with
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
reconstruct
reconstructing
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
mythical
mythical
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Cmp
old
older
ADJ
JJR
obj
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det:predet
NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Neg
half
half
DET
PDT
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
biography
biography
NOUN
NN
obj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Number=Sing
David
David
PROPN
NNP
advmod
always
always
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
expect
expected
VERB
VBD
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
soon
soon
ADV
RB
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
case
to
to
ADP
IN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obl
Degree=Pos
famous
famous
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
author
author
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
Matthew Sweet of The Independent wrote, ``Ken Dornstein's project--his researches and the book that they have become--is both a loving tribute to the memory of his dead brother and an act of destruction and erasure...
nsubj
Number=Sing
Matthew
Matthew
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Sweet
Sweet
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
The
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Independent
Independent
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
write
wrote
VERB
VBD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Ken
Ken
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dornstein
Dornstein
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj
Number=Sing
project
project
NOUN
NN
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
appos
Number=Plur
research
researches
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
book
book
NOUN
NN
obj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
they
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
have
AUX
VBP
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
become
become
VERB
VBN
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
cc:preconj
both
both
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
loving
loving
ADJ
JJ
ccomp
Number=Sing
tribute
tribute
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
memory
memory
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
dead
dead
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
act
act
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
destruction
destruction
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
erasure
erasure
NOUN
NN
punct
...
...
PUNCT
.