I think I was happy, in the maddening determined way that children have of being happy, and it was that happiness that worked as a magnet on both of my parents.
1	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	think	think	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PERS-P1SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	happy	happy	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	11	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	_	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	maddening	madden	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	11	amod	_	_
10	determined	determined	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	way	way	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	14	obj	_	_
13	children	child	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	have	have	VERB	PRES	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	_	_	17	mark	_	_
16	being	be	AUX	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	17	cop	_	_
17	happy	happy	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	11	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	11	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	_	21	cc	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	21	expl	_	_
21	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
22	that	that	DET	DEM-SG	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	23	det	_	_
23	happiness	happiness	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	21	dislocated	_	_
24	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	25	nsubj	_	_
25	worked	work	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	acl	_	_
26	as	as	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	_
27	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
28	magnet	magnet	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	25	obl	_	_
29	on	on	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	_
30	both	both	PRON	TOT-PL	Case=Nom	25	obl	_	_
31	of	of	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	_
32	my	I	PRON	P1SG-GEN	Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	33	nmod:poss	_	_
33	parents	parent	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	30	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
