Joseph spoke German better than Joel because he had been studying the language for a shorter amount of time.
Joseph spoke German better than Joel because he had been studying the language for a shorter amount of time.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Joseph
(1)
Joseph
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
speak
-
spoke
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Sing
German
-
German
PROPN
NNP
xcomp
Degree=Cmp
good
-
better
ADJ
JJR
case
than
-
than
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Joel
(0)
Joel
PROPN
NNP
mark
because
-
because
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
(0)
he
PRON
PRP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
-
had
AUX
VBD
aux
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
-
been
AUX
VBN
advcl
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
study
-
studying
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
-
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
language
-
language
NOUN
NN
case
for
-
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
-
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Cmp
short
-
shorter
ADJ
JJR
obl
Number=Sing
amount
-
amount
NOUN
NN
case
of
-
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
time
-
time
NOUN
NN
punct
.
-
.
PUNCT
.