The alternations of night and day grew slower and slower, and so did the passage of the sun across the sky, until they seemed to stretch through centuries.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=joint-sequence_m:35->5:2|Entity=(32-event-giv:act-cf1*-2-coref
2	alternations	alternation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	7:nsubj|8:nsubj:xsubj|10:nsubj:xsubj|14:nsubj	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	4:case	_
4	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	2:nmod:of	Entity=(37-time-new-cf6-1-sgl)
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	6:cc	_
6	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	2:nmod:of|4:conj:and	Entity=(38-time-new-cf7-1-sgl)32)
7	grew	grow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
8	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	xcomp	7:xcomp	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	10:cc	_
10	slower	slow	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	conj	7:xcomp|8:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	14:punct	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	14:cc	Discourse=joint-list_m:36->35:0
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	14:advmod	_
14	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	7:conj:and	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	Entity=(39-event-new-cf5-2-coref
16	passage	passage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	14:obj	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	19:det	Entity=(40-object-acc:com-cf3-2-coref
19	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	16:nmod:of	Entity=40)
20	across	across	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	22:det	Entity=(41-place-acc:com-cf4-2-coref
22	sky	sky	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	16:nmod:across	Entity=41)39)|SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	26:punct	_
24	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	26	mark	26:mark	Discourse=context-circumstance:37->35:1
25	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	26	nsubj	26:nsubj|28:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=(42-event-acc:aggr-cf2-1-sgl)|SplitAnte=32<42,39<42
26	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	7:advcl:until	_
27	to	to	PART	TO	_	28	mark	28:mark	_
28	stretch	stretch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	xcomp	26:xcomp	_
29	through	through	ADP	IN	_	30	case	30:case	_
30	centuries	century	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obl	28:obl:through	Entity=(43-time-new-cf8-1-sgl)|SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
