The function of this palace was for holding religious-national ceremonies and royal festivals and for receiving royal ambassadors and guests.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=joint-other_m:120->113:0|Entity=(164-abstract-new-cf2-2-sgl
2	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:outer	8:nsubj:outer|18:nsubj:outer	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	5:case	_
4	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	5:det	Entity=(131-place-giv:act-cf1*-2-coref-Chehel_Sotoun
5	palace	palace	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	2:nmod:of	Entity=131)164)
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	8:cop	_
7	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	8:mark	Discourse=purpose-goal:121->120:0
8	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	0	root	0:root	_
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10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	9:punct	SpaceAfter=No
11	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	12:amod	XML=</w>
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13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	15:cc	_
14	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	15:amod	Entity=(166-event-new-cf6-2-sgl
15	festivals	festival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	8:obj|12:conj:and	Entity=166)
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	Discourse=joint-list_m:122->121:0
17	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	18:mark	_
18	receiving	receive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	conj	8:conj:and	_
19	royal	royal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	Entity=(167-person-new-cf3-2-sgl
20	ambassadors	ambassador	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obj	18:obj	Entity=167)
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	22:cc	_
22	guests	guest	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	conj	18:obj|20:conj:and	Entity=(168-person-new-cf5-1-sgl)|SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	8:punct	_
