of course, his hopes hadn't been high; they'd never given him a proper present, let alone a cake – but to ignore it completely.
1	of	of	ADV	_	_	9	advmod	_	_
2	course	course	ADV	_	_	1	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	1	punct	_	_
4	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hopes	hope	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
6	had	have	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	NEG	_	9	advmod	_	_
8	been	be	AUX	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	high	high	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	SemiColon	_	14	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'd	will	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	never	never	ADV	NEG	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	given	give	VERB	PERF	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	parataxis	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-ACC	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	proper	proper	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	present	present	NOUN	SG-NOM	Case=Nom	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	23	punct	_	_
20	let	let	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	23	advmod	_	_
21	alone	alone	ADV	_	_	20	fixed	_	_
22	a	a	DET	IND-SG	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	cake	cake	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
24	–	–	PUNCT	Dash	_	14	punct	_	_
25	but	but	CCONJ	_	_	27	cc	_	_
26	to	to	PART	_	_	27	mark	_	_
27	ignore	ignore	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	9	conj	_	_
28	it	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	27	obj	_	_
29	completely	completely	ADV	_	_	27	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	27	punct	_	_
