The best way I can explain it to you is by saying that, for a second or two, I felt as though, instead of going to the center of a continent, I were about to set off for the center of the earth.
1	The	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	best	good	ADJ	SPL	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	way	way	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	PRES-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	explain	explain	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PERS-P2	_	6	obl	_	_
10	is	be	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	_	_	12	mark	_	_
12	saying	say	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	_
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	22	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	17	punct	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	second	second	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	_
18	or	or	CCONJ	_	_	19	cc	_	_
19	two	two	NUM	CARD-PL	NumType=Card	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	17	punct	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
22	felt	feel	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	_
23	as	as	ADV	_	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	though	though	SCONJ	_	_	37	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	24	punct	_	_
26	instead	instead	SCONJ	_	_	28	mark	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	_	_	26	fixed	_	_
28	going	go	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	advcl	_	_
29	to	to	ADP	_	_	31	case	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	center	center	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	28	obl	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	_	_	34	case	_	_
33	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	34	det	_	_
34	continent	continent	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
35	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	28	punct	_	_
36	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	37	nsubj	_	_
37	were	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	22	advcl	_	_
38	about	about	ADV	_	_	37	compound:prt	_	_
39	to	to	PART	_	_	40	mark	_	_
40	set	set	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
41	off	off	ADV	_	_	40	compound:prt	_	_
42	for	for	ADP	_	_	44	case	_	_
43	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	44	det	_	_
44	center	center	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	40	obl	_	_
45	of	of	ADP	_	_	47	case	_	_
46	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	47	det	_	_
47	earth	earth	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	44	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	10	punct	_	_
