It was like watching a marionette trying to walk without strings.
1	It	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	like	like	ADP	_	_	4	mark	_	_
4	watching	watch	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	marionette	marionette	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	trying	try	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	acl	_	_
8	to	to	PART	_	_	9	mark	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	without	without	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
11	strings	string	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
