godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks . 
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP godard)) (VP (VBZ uses) (NP (PRP$ his) (NNS characters)) (, --) (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (DT that)) (VP (VBZ 's) (RB not) (NP (ADJP (RB too) (VBN glorified)) (DT a) (NN term))))) (, --) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NN art) (NNS things)) (, ,) (NP (NNS mouthpieces)) (, ,) (NP (JJ visual) (NNS motifs)) (, ,) (NP (NNS blanks))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP )) (VP (VBZ ) (NP (PRP$ ) (NNS )) (, ) (SBAR (IN ) (S (NP (DT )) (VP (VBZ ) (RB ) (NP (ADJP (RB ) (VBN )) (DT ) (NN ))))) (, ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NN ) (NNS )) (, ) (NP (NNS )) (, ) (NP (JJ ) (NNS )) (, ) (NP (NNS ))))) (. )))