As Threni was intended for concert rather than liturgical use, Stravinsky chose the text freely from the early chapters of the Book of Lamentations. It has three movements: the large central movement is surrounded by two much shorter ones. Ernst Krenek composed a setting of the Lamentations in 1942, and Stravinsky acknowledged that it might have influenced him.
As Threni was intended for concert rather than liturgical use, Stravinsky chose the text freely from the early chapters of the Book of Lamentations.
mark
as
As
SCONJ
IN
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Threni
Threni
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
intend
intended
VERB
VBN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
concert
concert
NOUN
NN
cc
rather
rather
ADV
RB
fixed
than
than
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
liturgical
liturgical
ADJ
JJ
conj
Number=Sing
use
use
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Stravinsky
Stravinsky
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
choose
chose
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
text
text
NOUN
NN
advmod
freely
freely
ADV
RB
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
early
early
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
chapter
chapters
NOUN
NNS
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
Book
Book
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
Lamentation
Lamentations
PROPN
NNPS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
It has three movements: the large central movement is surrounded by two much shorter ones.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
have
has
VERB
VBZ
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
three
three
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Plur
movement
movements
NOUN
NNS
punct
:
:
PUNCT
:
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
large
large
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
central
central
ADJ
JJ
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
movement
movement
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
be
is
AUX
VBZ
parataxis
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
surround
surrounded
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
two
two
NUM
CD
advmod
much
much
ADV
RB
amod
Degree=Cmp
short
shorter
ADJ
JJR
obl:agent
Number=Plur
one
ones
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Ernst Krenek composed a setting of the Lamentations in 1942, and Stravinsky acknowledged that it might have influenced him.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Ernst
Ernst
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Krenek
Krenek
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
compose
composed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
setting
setting
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
Lamentation
Lamentations
PROPN
NNPS
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1942
1942
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Number=Sing
Stravinsky
Stravinsky
PROPN
NNP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
acknowledge
acknowledged
VERB
VBD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
might
might
AUX
MD
aux
VerbForm=Inf
have
have
AUX
VB
ccomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
influence
influenced
VERB
VBN
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.