He spent a great deal of time going back and forth to London to advise them when they conferred with the Colonial Office, and to do what he could to smooth the way for various delegations that came to petition against the old constitution and to negotiate independence for their country.
1	He	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spent	spend	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	great	great	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	deal	deal	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	_	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	going	go	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	_	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	_
11	forth	forth	ADV	_	_	9	conj	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	_
13	London	London	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
14	to	to	PART	_	_	15	mark	_	_
15	advise	advise	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PERS-P3PL-ACC	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	Case=Nom	19	mark	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	conferred	confer	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	advcl	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	Colonial	colonial	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	Office	office	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	27	punct	_	_
25	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	_
26	to	to	PART	_	_	27	mark	_	_
27	do	do	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
28	what	what	PRON	WH-REL	PronType=Rel	30	obj	_	_
29	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	30	nsubj	_	_
30	could	could	AUX	PAST-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	27	ccomp	_	_
31	to	to	PART	_	_	32	mark	_	_
32	smooth	smooth	VERB	INF	Case=Nom	27	advcl	_	_
33	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	way	way	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	32	obj	_	_
35	for	for	ADP	_	_	37	case	_	_
36	various	various	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	_
37	delegations	delegation	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	32	obl	_	_
38	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	39	nsubj	_	_
39	came	come	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	acl:relcl	_	_
40	to	to	PART	_	_	41	mark	_	_
41	petition	petition	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	39	advcl	_	_
42	against	against	ADP	_	_	45	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	45	det	_	_
44	old	old	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	45	amod	_	_
45	constitution	constitution	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	41	obl	_	_
46	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	48	cc	_	_
47	to	to	PART	_	_	48	mark	_	_
48	negotiate	negotiate	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	41	conj	_	_
49	independence	independence	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	48	obj	_	_
50	for	for	ADP	_	_	52	case	_	_
51	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	52	nmod:poss	_	_
52	country	country	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	49	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
