Assertion: hobbit | /r/CapableOf | serve as introduction
Facets:
value: to middle-earth
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: respectively
type: MANNER
value: accordingly
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Accordingly, The Hobbit serves both as an introduction to Middle-Earth and as a link between earlier and later events described in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.
text: Taken into consideration with the rest of Tolkien's work, The Hobbit serves as both an introduction to Middle-earth as well as a narrative link between earlier and later events as told in The Silmarillion and The Lord of the Rings, respectively.