In 1947 Copeland had been sent to Damascus ("by whom is not stated," Kedourie says) "to make unofficial contact" with Syrian leaders and "to probe for means of persuading them, on their own, to liberalize their political system."
1	In	in	ADP	_	_	2	case	_	_
2	1947	1947	NUM	ID	_	6	obl	_	_
3	Copeland	Copeland	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	had	have	AUX	PAST-AUX	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	sent	send	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	_	_	8	case	_	_
8	Damascus	Damascus	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	LeftParenthesis	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	by	by	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
12	whom	who	PRON	WH-ACC	PronType=Int	15	obl	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	PRES-AUX	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
14	not	not	PART	NEG	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	stated	state	VERB	PASS	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	15	punct	_	_
18	Kedourie	Kedourie	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	says	say	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	RightParenthesis	_	15	punct	_	_
21	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	to	to	PART	_	_	23	mark	_	_
23	make	make	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
24	unofficial	unofficial	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	25	amod	_	_
25	contact	contact	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	25	punct	_	_
27	with	with	ADP	_	_	29	case	_	_
28	Syrian	syrian	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	leaders	leader	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	25	nmod	_	_
30	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	33	cc	_	_
31	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	to	to	PART	_	_	33	mark	_	_
33	probe	probe	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	23	conj	_	_
34	for	for	ADP	_	_	35	case	_	_
35	means	means	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	33	obl	_	_
36	of	of	ADP	_	_	37	mark	_	_
37	persuading	persuade	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	35	acl	_	_
38	them	they	PRON	PERS-P3PL-ACC	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	37	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	42	punct	_	_
40	on	on	ADP	_	_	42	case	_	_
41	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	42	nmod:poss	_	_
42	own	own	PRON	ADJ	Case=Nom	37	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
43	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	42	punct	_	_
44	to	to	PART	_	_	45	mark	_	_
45	liberalize	liberalize	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	37	xcomp	_	_
46	their	they	PRON	P3PL-GEN	_	48	nmod:poss	_	_
47	political	political	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	48	amod	_	_
48	system	system	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	45	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
49	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	33	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	"	&quot;	PUNCT	Quote	_	33	punct	_	_
