Motz was thus the first scholar in recent history to question the truth behind the goddess Nerthus in Tacitus ' Germania, the name being only one of several possible manuscript readings, thus opening up new paths of thought on early Germanic religion. Lotte Motz was certainly the first scholar in our field to take a serious step past the Three-Function-Theory developed by Georges Dumezil nearly four decades ago. `` Jenny Jochens cites six of Motz's titles in the bibliography to her Old Norse Images of Women, and Andy Orchard cites sixteen of Motz's works in endnotes to entries in his Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend.
Motz was thus the first scholar in recent history to question the truth behind the goddess Nerthus in Tacitus ' Germania, the name being only one of several possible manuscript readings, thus opening up new paths of thought on early Germanic religion.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Motz
Motz
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
thus
thus
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
scholar
scholar
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
recent
recent
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
history
history
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
csubj
VerbForm=Inf
question
question
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
truth
truth
NOUN
NN
case
behind
behind
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
goddess
goddess
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Nerthus
Nerthus
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Tacitus
Tacitus
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
Germania
Germania
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
name
name
NOUN
NN
cop
VerbForm=Ger
be
being
AUX
VBG
advmod
only
only
ADV
RB
acl
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
one
one
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
several
several
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
possible
possible
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
manuscript
manuscript
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Plur
reading
readings
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
thus
thus
ADV
RB
acl
VerbForm=Ger
open
opening
VERB
VBG
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
amod
Degree=Pos
new
new
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Plur
path
paths
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
thought
thought
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
Germanic
Germanic
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
religion
religion
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Lotte Motz was certainly the first scholar in our field to take a serious step past the Three-Function-Theory developed by Georges Dumezil nearly four decades ago.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Lotte
Lotte
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Motz
Motz
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
certainly
certainly
ADV
RB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
scholar
scholar
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
our
our
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
field
field
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
acl
VerbForm=Inf
take
take
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
serious
serious
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
step
step
NOUN
NN
case
past
past
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Three
Three
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
Function
Function
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nmod
Number=Sing
Theory
Theory
PROPN
NNP
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
develop
developed
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl:agent
Number=Sing
Georges
Georges
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dumezil
Dumezil
PROPN
NNP
advmod
nearly
nearly
ADV
RB
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
four
four
NUM
CD
obl:npmod
Number=Plur
decade
decades
NOUN
NNS
advmod
ago
ago
ADV
RB
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
`` Jenny Jochens cites six of Motz's titles in the bibliography to her Old Norse Images of Women, and Andy Orchard cites sixteen of Motz's works in endnotes to entries in his Dictionary of Norse Myth and Legend.
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Number=Sing
Jenny
Jenny
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Jochens
Jochens
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
cite
cites
VERB
VBZ
obj
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
six
six
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Motz
Motz
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Plur
title
titles
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
bibliography
bibliography
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
Old
Old
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Norse
Norse
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Plur
image
Images
PROPN
NNPS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
woman
Women
PROPN
NNPS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Number=Sing
Andy
Andy
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Orchard
Orchard
PROPN
NNP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
cite
cites
VERB
VBZ
obj
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
sixteen
sixteen
NUM
CD
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Motz
Motz
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Plur
work
works
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
endnote
endnotes
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
entry
entries
NOUN
NNS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
nmod
Number=Sing
Dictionary
Dictionary
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
norse
Norse
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Myth
Myth
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Legend
Legend
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.