"What was wanted was an elite to underpin the rulers, themselves in turn supported and buttressed by a population which presumably understood, approved, and legitimated the aims of such an elite.
1	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	What	what	PRON	WH	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	wanted	want	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	csubj	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	an	an	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	elite	elite	NOUN	SG-NOM	Case=Nom	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	_	_	9	mark	_	_
9	underpin	underpin	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	rulers	ruler	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	16	punct	_	_
13	themselves	they	PRON	RFL-P3PL	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	16	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	_
15	turn	turn	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
16	supported	support	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	18	cc	_	_
18	buttressed	buttress	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	_	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	population	population	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WH-REL	PronType=Rel	24	nsubj	_	_
23	presumably	presumable	ADV	_	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	understood	understand	VERB	PAST	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	26	punct	_	_
26	approved	approve	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	29	punct	_	_
28	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	29	cc	_	_
29	legitimated	legitimate	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	conj	_	_
30	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	aims	aim	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	29	obj	_	_
32	of	of	ADP	_	_	35	case	_	_
33	such	such	ADJ	ADJ	_	35	amod	_	_
34	an	an	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	elite	elite	NOUN	SG-NOM	Case=Nom	31	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	7	punct	_	_
