"To arrive at the truth", he wrote in the preface to Le Lys dans La Vallée, "writers use whatever literary device seems capable of giving the greatest intensity of life to their characters.
1	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	To	to	ADP	E	_	3	mark	_	_
3	arrive	arrive	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	23	advcl	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	E	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	truth	truth	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	3	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	wrote	write	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	parataxis	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	E	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	preface	preface	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	E	_	16	case	_	_
15	Le	le	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	Lys	lys	NOUN	S	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	dans	dans	ADP	E	_	19	case	_	_
18	La	la	DET	RD	Definite=Def|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	Vallée	vallée	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	10	punct	_	_
21	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	writers	writer	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	23	nsubj	_	_
23	use	use	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
24	whatever	whatever	DET	DI	PronType=Ind	26	det	_	_
25	literary	literary	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	device	device	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	23	obj	_	_
27	seems	seem	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	acl:relcl	_	_
28	capable	capable	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	27	xcomp	_	_
29	of	of	ADP	E	_	30	mark	_	_
30	giving	give	VERB	V	VerbForm=Ger	28	advcl	_	_
31	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
32	greatest	greatest	ADJ	A	Degree=Sup	33	amod	_	_
33	intensity	intensity	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	30	obj	_	_
34	of	of	ADP	E	_	35	case	_	_
35	life	life	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	33	nmod	_	_
36	to	to	ADP	E	_	38	case	_	_
37	their	their	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	38	nmod:poss	_	_
38	characters	character	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	30	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	23	punct	_	_
