Chao possessed a natural gift for hearing fine distinctions in pronunciation that was said to be "legendary for its acuity", enabling him to record the sounds of various dialects with a high degree of accuracy.
1	Chao	Chao	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	Discourse=joint-other_m:17->10:1|Entity=(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-coref-Yuen_Ren_Chao)
2	possessed	possess	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	5:det	Entity=(41-abstract-new-cf2-3-coref
4	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	5:amod	_
5	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	2:obj|14:nsubj:pass	_
6	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	7:mark	Discourse=purpose-attribute:18->17:0
7	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	5:acl:for	_
8	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	Entity=(42-abstract-new-cf5-2-sgl
9	distinctions	distinction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	7:obj	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
11	pronunciation	pronunciation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	9:nmod:in	Entity=(43-abstract-new-cf6-1-sgl)42)
12	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj:pass	5:ref	Discourse=evaluation-comment:19->17:1
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux:pass	14:aux:pass	_
14	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	5:acl:relcl	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	18:mark	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	cop	18:cop	_
17	"	''	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	18:punct	SpaceAfter=No
18	legendary	legendary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	14:xcomp	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	21:case	_
20	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	21	nmod:poss	21:nmod:poss	Entity=(44-abstract-new-cf7-2-sgl(41-abstract-giv:act-cf2-1-ana)
21	acuity	acuity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	18:obl:for	Entity=44)|SpaceAfter=No
22	"	''	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	18:punct	Entity=41)|SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	24	punct	24:punct	_
24	enabling	enable	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	advcl	2:advcl	Discourse=causal-result:20->17:2
25	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	obj	24:obj|27:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Yuen_Ren_Chao)
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	27:mark	_
27	record	record	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	24	xcomp	24:xcomp	_
28	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	Entity=(45-abstract-new-cf4-2-sgl
29	sounds	sound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	27	obj	27:obj	_
30	of	of	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
31	various	various	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	32	amod	32:amod	Bridge=40<46|Entity=(46-abstract-acc:inf-cf3-2-sgl
32	dialects	dialect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	nmod	29:nmod:of	Entity=46)45)
33	with	with	ADP	IN	_	36	case	36:case	_
34	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	36	det	36:det	Entity=(47-abstract-new-cf8-3-sgl
35	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	36	amod	36:amod	_
36	degree	degree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	27:obl:with	_
37	of	of	ADP	IN	_	38	case	38:case	_
38	accuracy	accuracy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	nmod	36:nmod:of	Entity=(48-abstract-new-cf9-1-sgl)47)|SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
