Before and during his career as a writer, he attempted to be a publisher, printer, businessman, critic, and politician;
1	Before	before	ADP	E	_	5	case	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	during	during	ADP	E	_	1	conj	_	_
4	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	career	career	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	E	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	writer	writer	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	5	punct	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PE	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	attempted	attempt	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	PART	_	15	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	V	VerbForm=Inf	15	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	RI	Definite=Ind|Number=Sing|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	publisher	publisher	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	11	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	17	punct	_	_
17	printer	printer	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	19	punct	_	_
19	businessman	businessman	NOUN	S	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	21	punct	_	_
21	critic	critic	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	24	punct	_	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
24	politician	politician	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	15	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	;	;	PUNCT	FC	_	11	punct	_	_
