This was to be Balzac's life work and his greatest achievement.
1	This	this	PRON	PD	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	PART	_	8	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	V	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
5	Balzac	Balzac	PROPN	SP	_	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	PART	_	5	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
8	work	work	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	2	xcomp	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	his	his	DET	AP	Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	greatest	greatest	ADJ	A	Degree=Sup	12	amod	_	_
12	achievement	achievement	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	2	punct	_	_
