Horwitz makes us see that the pinched circumstances of their lives are not so different from the conditions of their ancestors, dirt-poor yeoman farmers who seldom saw, much less owned, a slave.
( Horwitz ( ( makes ( us ( see ( that ( ( ( the ( pinched circumstances ) ) ( of ( their lives ) ) ) ( ( are not ) ( so ( different ( from ( ( the conditions ) ( of ( ( ( their ancestors ) , ) ( ( dirt-poor ( yeoman farmers ) ) ( who ( seldom ( ( ( ( saw , ) ( ( much less ) owned ) ) , ) ( a slave ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Horwitz)) (VP (VBZ makes) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP us)) (VP (VBP see) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ pinched) (NNS circumstances)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS lives)))) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (RB so) (JJ different) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS conditions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS ancestors)) (, ,) (NP (NP (JJ dirt-poor) (NN yeoman) (NNS farmers)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (ADVP (RB seldom)) (VP (VP (VBD saw)) (, ,) (VP (ADVP (RB much) (RBR less)) (VBN owned)) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN slave)))))))))))))))))) (. .)))
Their ancestors were poor farmers that never owned a slave and rarely even saw one.
( ( Their ancestors ) ( ( were ( ( poor farmers ) ( that ( ( ( never ( owned ( a slave ) ) ) and ) ( rarely ( even ( saw one ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP$ Their) (NNS ancestors)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (NP (JJ poor) (NNS farmers)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VP (ADVP (RB never)) (VBD owned) (NP (DT a) (NN slave))) (CC and) (VP (ADVP (RB rarely)) (ADVP (RB even)) (VBD saw) (NP (CD one)))))))) (. .)))