The centrality of a father in this novel matches Balzac's own position - not only as mentor to his troubled young secretary, Jules Sandeau, but also the fact that he had (most likely) fathered a child, Marie-Caroline, with his otherwise-married lover, Maria Du Fresnay.
1	The	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	centrality	centrality	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	E	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	father	father	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	E	_	7	case	_	_
7	this	this	DET	DD	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nmod	_	_
8	novel	novel	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	matches	match	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	Balzac	Balzac	PROPN	SP	_	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	PART	_	10	case	_	_
12	own	own	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	position	position	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
14	-	-	PUNCT	FF	_	9	punct	_	_
15	not	not	PART	PART	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	only	only	ADV	B	_	18	advmod	_	_
17	as	as	ADP	E	_	18	case	_	_
18	mentor	mentor	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
19	to	to	ADP	E	_	23	case	_	_
20	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	23	nmod:poss	_	_
21	troubled	troubled	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
22	young	young	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	secretary	secretary	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	23	punct	_	_
25	Jules	Jules	PROPN	SP	_	23	appos	_	_
26	Sandeau	Sandeau	PROPN	SP	_	25	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	31	punct	_	_
28	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	31	cc	_	_
29	also	also	ADV	B	_	31	advmod	_	_
30	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	_	_
31	fact	fact	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
32	that	that	SCONJ	CS	_	39	mark	_	_
33	he	he	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	39	nsubj	_	_
34	had	have	AUX	VA	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	39	aux	_	_
35	(	(	PUNCT	FB	_	37	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
36	most	most	ADV	B	_	37	advmod	_	_
37	likely	likely	ADV	B	_	39	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
38	)	)	PUNCT	FB	_	37	punct	_	_
39	fathered	father	VERB	V	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	31	acl	_	_
40	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	41	det	_	_
41	child	child	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	39	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
42	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	41	punct	_	_
43	Marie	Marie	PROPN	SP	_	41	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
44	-	-	PUNCT	FF	_	43	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
45	Caroline	Caroline	PROPN	SP	_	43	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
46	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	39	punct	_	_
47	with	with	ADP	E	_	52	case	_	_
48	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	52	nmod:poss	_	_
49	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	B	_	51	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
50	-	-	PUNCT	FF	_	49	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
51	married	marry	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	52	acl	_	_
52	lover	lover	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	39	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
53	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	52	punct	_	_
54	Maria	Maria	PROPN	SP	_	52	appos	_	_
55	Du	Du	PROPN	SP	_	54	flat	_	_
56	Fresnay	Fresnay	PROPN	SP	_	54	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
57	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	9	punct	_	_
