They said he had caused the fire in some way; be that as it may, he was screeching most horribly.
1	They	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	said	say	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	caused	cause	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fire	fire	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	_	_	10	case	_	_
9	some	some	DET	IND	_	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	SemiColon	_	12	punct	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	SUB-AUX	Mood=Sub|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DEM-SG	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	_
14	as	as	SCONJ	_	_	16	mark	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	16	nsubj	_	_
16	may	may	AUX	PRES-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	12	punct	_	_
18	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
19	was	be	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	screeching	screech	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	parataxis	_	_
21	most	much	ADV	SPL	_	22	advmod	_	_
22	horribly	horribly	ADV	_	_	20	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	20	punct	_	_
