It was expected to be one of the brightest comets of the twentieth century, and in some ways the cruise was the beginning of millennium fever.
1	It	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	expected	expect	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	_	_	6	mark	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	INF	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	IND-P3SG	_	3	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	brightest	bright	ADJ	SPL	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	comets	comet	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	_	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	twentieth	twenty	ADJ	ORD	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	century	century	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	24	punct	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	24	cc	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	_	_	19	case	_	_
18	some	some	DET	IND	_	19	det	_	_
19	ways	way	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	24	obl	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	cruise	cruise	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	_
22	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	beginning	beginning	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	_	_	27	case	_	_
26	millennium	millennium	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	27	compound	_	_
27	fever	fever	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
