He had been staring absent-mindedly into the hedge – and the hedge was staring back.
1	He	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux	_	_
4	staring	stare	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	absent-mindedly	absent-mindedly	ADV	_	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	hedge	hedge	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	–	–	PUNCT	Dash	_	14	punct	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	hedge	hedge	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
13	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
14	staring	stare	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	_	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	_
