Hazzard picked up the guitar and ukulele at a young age, but managed to miss out on the Merseybeat skiffle scene that engulfed the region in the early 1960s, focusing instead on his education at Durham University. Through a mutual friend he was introduced to BBC story editor Tony Garnett. Garnett persuaded Hazzard to move to London to pursue his songwriting ambitions.
Hazzard picked up the guitar and ukulele at a young age, but managed to miss out on the Merseybeat skiffle scene that engulfed the region in the early 1960s, focusing instead on his education at Durham University.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Hazzard
Hazzard
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
pick
picked
VERB
VBD
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
guitar
guitar
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
ukulele
ukulele
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
young
young
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
age
age
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
manage
managed
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
miss
miss
VERB
VB
compound:prt
out
out
ADP
RP
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Merseybeat
Merseybeat
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
skiffle
skiffle
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
scene
scene
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
engulf
engulfed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
region
region
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
1960s
1960s
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
focus
focusing
VERB
VBG
advmod
instead
instead
ADV
RB
case
on
on
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
education
education
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Durham
Durham
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
University
University
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Through a mutual friend he was introduced to BBC story editor Tony Garnett.
case
through
Through
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
mutual
mutual
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
friend
friend
NOUN
NN
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
introduce
introduced
VERB
VBN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
BBC
BBC
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
story
story
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
editor
editor
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Tony
Tony
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Garnett
Garnett
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Garnett persuaded Hazzard to move to London to pursue his songwriting ambitions.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Garnett
Garnett
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
persuade
persuaded
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
Hazzard
Hazzard
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
move
move
VERB
VB
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
London
London
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
pursue
pursue
VERB
VB
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
songwriting
songwriting
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Plur
ambition
ambitions
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.