In his My Linguistic Autobiography, he wrote of his ability to pick up a Chinese dialect quickly, without much effort.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	5:case	Discourse=joint-other_m:14->10:1
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	5:nmod:poss	Entity=(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Yuen_Ren_Chao)
3	My	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	5:nmod:poss	Entity=(38-abstract-new-cf3-2,3-sgl(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Yuen_Ren_Chao)|XML=<hi rend:::"italic">
4	Linguistic	Linguistic	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos|Number=Sing	5	amod	5:amod	_
5	Autobiography	Autobiography	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obl	8:obl:in	Entity=38)|SpaceAfter=No|XML=</hi>
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	8:nsubj	Entity=(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Yuen_Ren_Chao)
8	wrote	write	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	11:nmod:poss	Entity=(39-abstract-new-cf4-2-sgl(6-person-giv:act-cf1*-1-ana-Yuen_Ren_Chao)
11	ability	ability	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	8:obl:of	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	13:mark	Discourse=purpose-attribute:15->14:0
13	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	11:acl:to	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	13:compound:prt	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	17:det	Entity=(40-abstract-new-cf2-3-coref
16	Chinese	Chinese	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	17:amod	_
17	dialect	dialect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	13:obj	Entity=40)
18	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	13:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	22:punct	_
20	without	without	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	Discourse=mode-manner:16->15:0
21	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	22:amod	_
22	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	13:obl:without	Entity=39)|SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
