It appears the French had one of their wars going on thereabouts.
1	It	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	2	expl	_	_
2	appears	appear	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	French	French	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	had	have	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
6	one	one	PRON	IND-P3SG	_	5	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	_	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	wars	war	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	going	go	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	xcomp	_	_
11	on	on	ADV	_	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	thereabouts	thereabouts	ADV	_	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
