Against the pallor of his skin, the flaxen thinness of his hair, the effect was almost transparent, as though one could see through to the blue veins behind the skin of his face.
1	Against	against	ADP	_	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pallor	pallor	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	19	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	_	_	6	case	_	_
5	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	10	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	flaxen	flaxen	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	thinness	thinness	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	_	_	13	case	_	_
12	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	hair	hair	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	10	punct	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	effect	effect	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
17	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	almost	almost	ADV	_	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	transparent	transparent	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	25	punct	_	_
21	as	as	SCONJ	_	_	25	mark	_	_
22	though	though	SCONJ	_	_	21	fixed	_	_
23	one	one	PRON	IND-P3SG	_	25	nsubj	_	_
24	could	could	AUX	PAST-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25	aux	_	_
25	see	see	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	19	advcl	_	_
26	through	through	ADV	_	_	25	advmod	_	_
27	to	to	ADP	_	_	30	case	_	_
28	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	30	det	_	_
29	blue	blue	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	veins	vein	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	25	obl	_	_
31	behind	behind	ADP	_	_	33	case	_	_
32	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
33	skin	skin	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	30	nmod	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	_	_	36	case	_	_
35	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	36	nmod:poss	_	_
36	face	face	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
37	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	19	punct	_	_
