They recover the medicine to save Spock, capture the Orion Captain (who orders his crew to abort the self-destruct, which would now be a pointless loss of life, and surrender) and retrieve the dilithium crystals. Writer Howard Weinstein had been a fan of space exploration following the flight of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard on Mercury-Redstone 3. He recalled that his first experience of Star Trek was in middle school, where he mixed elements of the show up with Lost in Space.
They recover the medicine to save Spock, capture the Orion Captain (who orders his crew to abort the self-destruct, which would now be a pointless loss of life, and surrender) and retrieve the dilithium crystals.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
They
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
recover
recover
VERB
VBP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
medicine
medicine
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
save
save
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
Spock
Spock
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
conj
VerbForm=Inf
capture
capture
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Orion
Orion
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Captain
Captain
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
order
orders
VERB
VBZ
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
crew
crew
NOUN
NN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
abort
abort
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
self
self
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
obj
Number=Sing
destruct
destruct
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
PronType=Rel
which
which
PRON
WDT
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
advmod
now
now
ADV
RB
cop
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
pointless
pointless
ADJ
JJ
acl:relcl
Number=Sing
loss
loss
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
life
life
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Inf
surrender
surrender
VERB
VB
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Inf
retrieve
retrieve
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
dilithium
dilithium
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Plur
crystal
crystals
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Writer Howard Weinstein had been a fan of space exploration following the flight of NASA astronaut Alan Shepard on Mercury-Redstone 3.
nsubj
Number=Sing
writer
Writer
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Howard
Howard
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Weinstein
Weinstein
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
cop
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
root
Number=Sing
fan
fan
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
space
space
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
exploration
exploration
NOUN
NN
case
VerbForm=Ger
follow
following
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
flight
flight
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
NASA
NASA
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
astronaut
astronaut
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Alan
Alan
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Shepard
Shepard
PROPN
NNP
case
on
on
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Mercury
Mercury
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
appos
Number=Sing
Redstone
Redstone
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
3
3
NUM
CD
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He recalled that his first experience of Star Trek was in middle school, where he mixed elements of the show up with Lost in Space.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
recall
recalled
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord
first
first
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
experience
experience
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Star
Star
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Trek
Trek
PROPN
NNP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
case
in
in
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
middle
middle
ADJ
JJ
ccomp
Number=Sing
school
school
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
PronType=Rel
where
where
ADV
WRB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
mix
mixed
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Plur
element
elements
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
show
show
NOUN
NN
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Lost
Lost
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Space
Space
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.