They beguiled the time by backbiting and intriguing against each other in a foolish kind of way.
1	They	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	beguiled	beguil	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	time	time	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	_	_	6	mark	_	_
6	backbiting	backbite	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	8	cc	_	_
8	intriguing	intrigue	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	conj	_	_
9	against	against	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
10	each	each	PRON	RCP-SG-ACC	Case=Nom	8	obl	_	_
11	other	other	PRON	RCP-SG-ACC	Case=Nom	10	fixed	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	_	_	15	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	foolish	foolish	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	kind	kind	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	_	_	17	case	_	_
17	way	way	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
