By flooding himself with externals, by drowning himself out of himself, he had managed to exert some small degree of control over his fits of despair.
1	By	by	ADP	_	_	2	mark	_	_
2	flooding	flood	VERB	ING	Case=Nom	16	advcl	_	_
3	himself	he	PRON	RFL-P3SG	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	_	_	5	case	_	_
5	externals	externals	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	2	punct	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	_	_	8	mark	_	_
8	drowning	drown	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	_
9	himself	he	PRON	RFL-P3SG	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obj	_	_
10	out	out	ADV	_	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	_	_	12	case	_	_
12	himself	he	PRON	RFL-P3SG	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	12	punct	_	_
14	he	he	PRON	PERS-P3SG-NOM	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
15	had	have	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	managed	manage	VERB	PERF	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
17	to	to	PART	_	_	18	mark	_	_
18	exert	exert	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	16	xcomp	_	_
19	some	some	DET	IND	_	21	det	_	_
20	small	small	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	degree	degree	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	_	_	23	case	_	_
23	control	control	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	_
24	over	over	ADP	_	_	26	case	_	_
25	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	26	nmod:poss	_	_
26	fits	fit	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	_	_	28	case	_	_
28	despair	despair	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	16	punct	_	_
