The young were mostly dead, and the old men had been taken away, they told us, to learn important new things and to come back when they were ready to contribute fully.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	Discourse=context-background:16->22:0|Entity=(41-person-new-cf4-2-sgl
2	young	young	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	Entity=41)
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	5:cop	_
4	mostly	mostly	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	5:advmod	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	0:root	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	13:punct	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	13:cc	Discourse=joint-list_m:17->16:0
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	10:det	Entity=(42-person-new-cf1-3-coref
9	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	10:amod	_
10	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	13:nsubj:pass	Entity=42)
11	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	13:aux	_
12	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	aux:pass	13:aux:pass	_
13	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	5:conj:and	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	13	advmod	13:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	17:punct	_
16	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	17:nsubj	Discourse=attribution-positive:18->17:0|Entity=(43-person-new-cf3-1-sgl)
17	told	tell	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	parataxis	13:parataxis	_
18	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	17:iobj	Entity=(44-person-acc:com-cf2-1-ana)|SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
20	to	to	PART	TO	_	21	mark	21:mark	Discourse=purpose-goal:19->17:1
21	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	13:advcl:to	_
22	important	important	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	Entity=(45-abstract-new-cf5-3-sgl
23	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	24:amod	_
24	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	obj	21:obj	Entity=45)
25	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	27	cc	27:cc	Discourse=joint-sequence_m:20->19:0
26	to	to	PART	TO	_	27	mark	27:mark	_
27	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	21	conj	13:advcl:to|21:conj:and	_
28	back	back	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	27	advmod	27:advmod	_
29	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	32	advmod	32:advmod	Discourse=context-circumstance:21->20:0
30	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	32	nsubj	32:nsubj|34:nsubj:xsubj	Entity=(42-person-giv:act-cf1-1-ana)
31	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	32:cop	_
32	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	advcl	27:advcl:when	_
33	to	to	PART	TO	_	34	mark	34:mark	_
34	contribute	contribute	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	32	xcomp	32:xcomp	_
35	fully	fully	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	34	advmod	34:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
