Whoever knows the Middle East will agree that such a quest was the political equivalent of the search for the philosophical stone."
1	Whoever	whoever	PRON	WH-IND-SG	_	7	nsubj	_	_
2	knows	know	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	Middle	Middle	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	East	East	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	will	will	AUX	PRES-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	agree	agree	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	15	mark	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	ADJ	_	11	amod	_	_
10	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	quest	quest	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
12	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	political	political	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	equivalent	equivalent	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	_	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	search	search	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	_	_	22	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	philosophical	philosophical	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	stone	stone	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	7	punct	_	_
