It can hardly have lasted a moment; they realised their prey was elsewhere and vanished as devilishly as they had appeared.
1	It	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	5	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	PRES-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	PRES-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	lasted	last	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	SemiColon	_	10	punct	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	realised	realise	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	parataxis	_	_
11	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	prey	prey	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	elsewhere	elsewhere	ADV	_	_	10	ccomp	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	16	cc	_	_
16	vanished	vanish	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	as	as	ADV	_	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	devilishly	devilish	ADV	_	Degree=Pos	16	advmod	_	_
19	as	as	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	appeared	appear	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	18	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	5	punct	_	_
