I realize that it may sound strange, but we are desparate in our efforts and are willing to try anything to help our dear sick friend.
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	2:nsubj	_
2	realize	realize	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	6:mark	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	6:nsubj|7:nsubj:xsubj	_
5	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	6:aux	_
6	sound	sound	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	2:ccomp	_
7	strange	strange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	6:xcomp	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	12:punct	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	12:cc	_
10	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	12:nsubj|18:nsubj|20:nsubj:xsubj	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	12:cop	_
12	desparate	desparate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	2:conj:but	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	15:case	_
14	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	15:nmod:poss	_
15	efforts	effort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	12:obl:in	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	18:cop	_
18	willing	willing	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	12:conj:and	_
19	to	to	PART	TO	_	20	mark	20:mark	_
20	try	try	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	18	xcomp	18:xcomp	_
21	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	20	obj	20:obj|23:nsubj:xsubj	_
22	to	to	PART	TO	_	23	mark	23:mark	_
23	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	xcomp	20:xcomp	_
24	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	27:nmod:poss	_
25	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	27:amod	_
26	sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	27:amod	_
27	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obj	23:obj	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	2:punct	_
