They can be bleak and eerie, often very exposed, often covered with antiquities like bronze age burial mounds, stone circles and settlements--until late in the bronze age they were rich farmlands,then a change in the climate caused the skies to cloud over and rain to wash the goodness from the soil.
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	4:nsubj|6:nsubj	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	cop	4:cop	_
4	bleak	bleak	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	0:root	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	6:cc	_
6	eerie	eerie	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	4:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
8	often	often	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	10:advmod	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	10:advmod	_
10	exposed	exposed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	list	4:list	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
12	often	often	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	13:advmod	_
13	covered	covered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	list	4:list	_
14	with	with	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
15	antiquities	antiquity	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	13:obl:with	_
16	like	like	ADP	IN	_	20	case	20:case	_
17	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	18:compound	_
18	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	20:compound	_
19	burial	burial	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	20:compound	_
20	mounds	mound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	15:nmod:like	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
22	stone	stone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
23	circles	circle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	15:nmod:like|20:conj:and	_
24	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	25:cc	_
25	settlements	settlement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	15:nmod:like|20:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
26	--	--	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	SpaceAfter=No
27	until	until	ADP	IN	_	28	case	28:case	_
28	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	36	obl	36:obl:until	_
29	in	in	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
30	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	32:det	_
31	bronze	bronze	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	compound	32:compound	_
32	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	obl	28:obl:in	_
33	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	36	nsubj	36:nsubj	_
34	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	cop	36:cop	_
35	rich	rich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	36:amod	_
36	farmlands	farmland	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	parataxis	4:parataxis	SpaceAfter=No
37	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	36	punct	36:punct	SpaceAfter=No
38	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	44	advmod	44:advmod	_
39	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	40	det	40:det	_
40	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	44	nsubj	44:nsubj|50.1:nsubj	_
41	in	in	ADP	IN	_	43	case	43:case	_
42	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	43:det	_
43	climate	climate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	40	nmod	40:nmod:in	_
44	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	36	parataxis	36:parataxis	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	46:det	_
46	skies	sky	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	44	obj	44:obj|48:nsubj:xsubj	_
47	to	to	PART	TO	_	48	mark	48:mark	_
48	cloud	cloud	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	44	xcomp	44:xcomp	_
49	over	over	ADV	RB	_	48	advmod	48:advmod	_
50	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	51	cc	50.1:cc	_
50.1	caused	cause	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	_	_	36:parataxis|44:conj:and	CopyOf=44
51	rain	rain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	46	conj	50.1:obj|53:nsubj:xsubj	_
52	to	to	PART	TO	_	53	mark	53:mark	_
53	wash	wash	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	51	orphan	50.1:xcomp	_
54	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	55	det	55:det	_
55	goodness	goodness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obj	53:obj	_
56	from	from	ADP	IN	_	58	case	58:case	_
57	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	58	det	58:det	_
58	soil	soil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	53	obl	53:obl:from	SpaceAfter=No
59	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	SpaceAfter=No
