Despite his best efforts, Aaron could not solve Matthew's riddle because he was not very smart.
Despite his best efforts, Aaron could not solve Matthew's riddle because he was not very smart.
case
despite
-
Despite
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
he
-
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Sup
good
-
best
ADJ
JJS
obl
Number=Plur
effort
-
efforts
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
-
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Aaron
(0)
Aaron
PROPN
NNP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
-
could
AUX
MD
advmod
not
-
not
PART
RB
root
VerbForm=Inf
solve
-
solve
VERB
VB
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Matthew
(1)
Matthew
PROPN
NNP
case
's
-
's
PART
POS
obj
Number=Sing
riddle
-
riddle
NOUN
NN
mark
because
-
because
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
(0)
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
-
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
-
not
PART
RB
advmod
very
-
very
ADV
RB
advcl
Degree=Pos
smart
-
smart
ADJ
JJ
punct
.
-
.
PUNCT
.