In the room they had decided upon for his study, the desk from her great-grandfather that had naturally become his – a quiet field of black-red morocco scratched with almost erased gold – was a place to write the properly documented history of the territory (Mweta's country) that had never been done before; not the boxwood Colonial Office desk at which one dealt with government forms and made the empirical scribbles of administration or politics.
1	In	in	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	room	room	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	37	nmod	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	decided	decide	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	study	study	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	3	punct	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	desk	desk	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	37	nsubj	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	_
15	her	she	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	great-grandfather	great-grandfather	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	_	_
18	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
19	naturally	naturally	ADV	_	_	20	advmod	_	_
20	become	become	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
21	his	he	PRON	SG-GEN-INDEP	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	xcomp	_	_
22	–	–	PUNCT	Dash	_	25	punct	_	_
23	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	quiet	quiet	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	field	field	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	13	appos	_	_
26	of	of	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	_
27	black-red	black-red	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	28	amod	_	_
28	morocco	morocco	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	25	nmod	_	_
29	scratched	scratch	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	28	acl	_	_
30	with	with	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	_
31	almost	almost	ADV	_	_	32	advmod	_	_
32	erased	erase	ADJ	PASS	Degree=Pos	33	amod	_	_
33	gold	gold	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	29	obl	_	_
34	–	–	PUNCT	Dash	_	25	punct	_	_
35	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	37	cop	_	_
36	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	37	det	_	_
37	place	place	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
38	to	to	PART	_	_	39	mark	_	_
39	write	write	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	37	acl	_	_
40	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	43	det	_	_
41	properly	properly	ADV	_	_	42	advmod	_	_
42	documented	document	ADJ	PASS	Case=Nom	43	amod	_	_
43	history	history	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	39	obj	_	_
44	of	of	ADP	_	_	46	case	_	_
45	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	_	_
46	territory	territory	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	43	nmod	_	_
47	(	(	PUNCT	LeftParenthesis	_	50	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
48	Mweta	Mweta	PROPN	SG	Number=Sing	50	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	's	's	PART	GEN	_	48	case	_	_
50	country	country	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	46	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	)	)	PUNCT	RightParenthesis	_	50	punct	_	_
52	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	56	obj	_	_
53	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	56	aux	_	_
54	never	never	ADV	NEG	_	56	advmod	_	_
55	been	be	AUX	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	56	aux:pass	_	_
56	done	do	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	43	acl:relcl	_	_
57	before	before	ADV	_	_	56	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
58	;	;	PUNCT	SemiColon	_	64	punct	_	_
59	not	not	PART	NEG	_	64	advmod	_	_
60	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	64	det	_	_
61	boxwood	boxwood	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
62	Colonial	colonial	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	63	amod	_	_
63	Office	office	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	64	compound	_	_
64	desk	desk	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	37	conj	_	_
65	at	at	ADP	_	_	66	case	_	_
66	which	which	PRON	WH	PronType=Int	68	obl	_	_
67	one	one	PRON	IND-P3SG	_	68	nsubj	_	_
68	dealt	deal	VERB	PAST	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	64	acl:relcl	_	_
69	with	with	ADP	_	_	71	case	_	_
70	government	government	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	71	compound	_	_
71	forms	form	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	68	obl	_	_
72	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	73	cc	_	_
73	made	make	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	68	conj	_	_
74	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	76	det	_	_
75	empirical	empirical	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	76	amod	_	_
76	scribbles	scribble	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	73	obj	_	_
77	of	of	ADP	_	_	78	case	_	_
78	administration	administration	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	76	nmod	_	_
79	or	or	CCONJ	_	_	80	cc	_	_
80	politics	politics	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Plur	78	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
81	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	64	punct	_	_
