Balzac meant the story to bear witness to the treacherous turns of life, its "serpentine motion.
1	Balzac	Balzac	PROPN	SP	_	2	nsubj	_	_
2	meant	mean	VERB	V	Mood=Ind|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	story	story	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	PART	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bear	bear	VERB	V	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	_
7	witness	witness	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	E	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	RD	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	treacherous	treacherous	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	turns	turn	NOUN	S	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	E	_	13	case	_	_
13	life	life	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	FF	_	13	punct	_	_
15	its	its	DET	AP	Number=Sing|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
16	"	"	PUNCT	FB	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	serpentine	serpentine	ADJ	A	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
18	motion	motion	NOUN	S	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	FS	_	2	punct	_	_
