He had been taught to hold my head and to support my unfixed spine, and I seem to remember sitting solemnly on his level palm, trying to steady the out of focus vision of him, anxious, intent, gazing at me as if I could reveal to him what he was.
1	He	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
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:pass	_	_
4	taught	teach	VERB	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	_	_	6	mark	_	_
6	hold	hold	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	my	I	PRON	P1SG-GEN	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	head	head	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	11	cc	_	_
10	to	to	PART	_	_	11	mark	_	_
11	support	support	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	my	I	PRON	P1SG-GEN	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
13	unfixed	unfix	ADJ	PASS	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	spine	spine	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	18	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	seem	seem	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
19	to	to	PART	_	_	20	mark	_	_
20	remember	remember	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	_	_
21	sitting	sit	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	20	xcomp	_	_
22	solemnly	solemn	ADV	_	_	21	advmod	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	_
24	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	level	level	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	palm	palm	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	21	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	28	punct	_	_
28	trying	try	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	21	advcl	_	_
29	to	to	PART	_	_	30	mark	_	_
30	steady	steady	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Part	28	xcomp	_	_
31	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
32	out	out	ADV	_	_	34	case	_	_
33	of	of	ADP	_	_	32	fixed	_	_
34	focus	focus	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	35	compound	_	_
35	vision	vision	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	28	obj	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	_	_	37	case	_	_
37	him	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	35	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	39	punct	_	_
39	anxious	anxious	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
40	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	41	punct	_	_
41	intent	intent	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	37	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	41	punct	_	_
43	gazing	gaze	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	37	acl	_	_
44	at	at	ADP	_	_	45	case	_	_
45	me	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	43	obl	_	_
46	as	as	SCONJ	_	_	50	mark	_	_
47	if	if	SCONJ	_	_	46	fixed	_	_
48	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	50	nsubj	_	_
49	could	could	AUX	PAST-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	50	aux	_	_
50	reveal	reveal	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	28	conj	_	_
51	to	to	ADP	_	_	52	case	_	_
52	him	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	50	obl	_	_
53	what	what	PRON	WH	PronType=Int	55	xcomp	_	_
54	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	55	nsubj	_	_
55	was	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	50	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
56	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	4	punct	_	SpacesAfter=\n\n
