In essence, Iran holds the high ground in the Gulf.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	2:case	_
2	essence	essence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	5:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
4	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	_
5	holds	hold	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
7	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
8	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	5:obj	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	11:case	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	11:det	_
11	Gulf	gulf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	5:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	5:punct	_
