Her leadership was characterised by a strong commitment to the union and an unwavering support for the anti-apartheid movement, which eventually led her to join the African National Congress (ANC). Her political activities earned Abrahams a five-year ban from the union in August 1964, and she spent the ban period under house arrest. Despite her banishment, Abrahams continued working for the union and assisting comrades such as Elizabeth Mafekeng and Archie Sibeko, both of whom faced exile.
Her leadership was characterised by a strong commitment to the union and an unwavering support for the anti-apartheid movement, which eventually led her to join the African National Congress (ANC).
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
Her
PRON
PRP$
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
leadership
leadership
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
characterise
characterised
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
strong
strong
ADJ
JJ
obl:agent
Number=Sing
commitment
commitment
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
union
union
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
unwavering
unwavering
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
support
support
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
anti
anti
ADJ
JJ
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Degree=Pos
apartheid
apartheid
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Sing
movement
movement
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
advmod
eventually
eventually
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
lead
led
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
join
join
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
African
African
ADJ
NNP
amod
Degree=Pos
National
National
ADJ
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Congress
Congress
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Sing
ANC
ANC
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Her political activities earned Abrahams a five-year ban from the union in August 1964, and she spent the ban period under house arrest.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
Her
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
political
political
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Plur
activity
activities
NOUN
NNS
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
earn
earned
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Abraham
Abrahams
PROPN
NNP
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
five
five
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
compound
Number=Sing
year
year
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
ban
ban
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
union
union
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
August
August
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1964
1964
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
spend
spent
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
ban
ban
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
period
period
NOUN
NN
case
under
under
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
house
house
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
arrest
arrest
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Despite her banishment, Abrahams continued working for the union and assisting comrades such as Elizabeth Mafekeng and Archie Sibeko, both of whom faced exile.
case
despite
Despite
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
banishment
banishment
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Abraham
Abrahams
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
continue
continued
VERB
VBD
xcomp
VerbForm=Ger
work
working
VERB
VBG
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
union
union
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Ger
assist
assisting
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Plur
comrade
comrades
NOUN
NNS
case
Degree=Pos
such
such
ADJ
JJ
fixed
as
as
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Elizabeth
Elizabeth
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Mafekeng
Mafekeng
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
Archie
Archie
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Sibeko
Sibeko
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Art
both
both
DET
DT
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
PronType=Rel
whom
whom
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
face
faced
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
exile
exile
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.