They were no colonists; their administration was merely a squeeze, and nothing more, I suspect.
1	They	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	were	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	no	no	DET	_	_	4	det	_	_
4	colonists	colonist	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	;	;	PUNCT	SemiColon	_	11	punct	_	_
6	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	administration	administration	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	merely	mere	ADV	_	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	squeeze	squeeze	NOUN	SG-NOM	Case=Nom	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	14	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	14	cc	_	_
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	NEG-SG	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
15	more	very	ADV	CMP	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	18	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
18	suspect	suspect	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	18	punct	_	_
