While obviously constrained by their bondage, blacks nonetheless forged a culture rich with religious observances, folk tales, family traditions, song, and so on.
( ( While ( obviously ( constrained ( by ( their bondage ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( blacks ( nonetheless ( ( forged ( ( a culture ) ( rich ( with ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( ( religious observances ) , ) ( folk tales ) ) , ) ( family traditions ) ) , ) song ) , ) and ) ( so on ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN While) (S (ADVP (RB obviously)) (VP (VBN constrained) (PP (IN by) (NP (PRP$ their) (NN bondage)))))) (, ,) (NP (NNS blacks)) (ADVP (RB nonetheless)) (VP (VBZ forged) (S (NP (DT a) (NN culture)) (ADJP (JJ rich) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (JJ religious) (NNS observances)) (, ,) (NP (NN folk) (NNS tales)) (, ,) (NP (NN family) (NNS traditions)) (, ,) (NP (NN song)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (RB so) (RB on))))))) (. .)))
Their traditional life is holding them back.
( ( Their ( traditional life ) ) ( ( is ( ( holding them ) back ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP$ Their) (JJ traditional) (NN life)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBG holding) (NP (PRP them)) (ADVP (RB back)))) (. .)))