The thing looked as dead as the carcass of some animal.
1	The	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	thing	thing	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	looked	look	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	ADV	_	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	dead	dead	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	carcass	carcass	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
10	some	some	DET	IND	_	11	det	_	_
11	animal	animal	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
