Unpack a dense sentence without changing its scope
Dichte Texte präzise entflechten
Resolve references and turn nominal, compressed prose into clear clauses while preserving agency, conditions and negation.
A dense sentence may hide several relationships inside noun phrases. First find its finite verb and grammatical subject, then identify who performs each embedded action. The decision to review a proposal is not a decision to implement it. In die von der Kommission empfohlene Prüfung, the commission recommends the review; this does not automatically make it the body that performs the review. Words such as lediglich, vorbehaltlich and insoweit limit scope. Pronouns and pronominal adverbs require recoverable referents: damit can mean with that or introduce a purpose clause, depending on structure. When two plausible referents compete, a clear reformulation may need to repeat the noun. Simplification should reduce processing effort, not silently remove an exception or change who is responsible.
Beschlossen wurde lediglich die Prüfung des Vorschlags.
Only a review of the proposal was approved.
Die von der Kommission empfohlene Prüfung steht noch aus.
The review recommended by the commission is still pending.
Eine Umsetzung kommt vorbehaltlich der Finanzierung in Betracht.
Implementation may be considered subject to financing.
Diese Einschränkung betrifft den Betrieb, nicht die Vorbereitung.
This restriction concerns operation, not preparation.
Der Ausschuss soll den Bericht vorlegen; die Verwaltung bewertet ihn anschließend.
The committee is to submit the report; the administration then evaluates it.
Mit der Zustimmung zur Prüfung ist keine Zustimmung zum Bau verbunden.
Agreement to the review does not entail agreement to construction.
A dense sentence may hide several relationships inside noun phrases. First find its finite verb and grammatical subject, then identify who performs each embedded action. The decision to review a proposal is not a decision to implement it. In die von der Kommission empfohlene Prüfung, the commission recommends the review; this does not automatically make it the body that performs the review. Words such as lediglich, vorbehaltlich and insoweit limit scope. Pronouns and pronominal adverbs require recoverable referents: damit can mean with that or introduce a purpose clause, depending on structure. When two plausible referents compete, a clear reformulation may need to repeat the noun. Simplification should reduce processing effort, not silently remove an exception or change who is responsible.
Resolve references and turn nominal, compressed prose into clear clauses while preserving agency, conditions and negation.
Die Empfehlung zur Prüfung is a recommendation to review, not a recommendation to approve. Do not turn a nominal relationship into a stronger decision.
Finite verb and subject → embedded actions and agents → reference words → scope limits. Expand the structure, then compare every claim with the original.
Rewrite the source notice below as a 250–300-word explanation for residents. Separate what the council decided, what the commission recommends, what remains conditional and who is responsible. Then identify two places where repeating a noun is clearer than using a pronoun.