Since President Hu ordered state-owned oil firms to "go abroad" to ensure supply, they have begun drilling for gas in the East China Sea, just west of the line that Japan regards as its border.
1	Since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	4:mark	_
2	President	President	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
3	Hu	Hu	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	flat	2:flat	_
4	ordered	order	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	advcl	21:advcl:since	_
5	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	7:compound	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	7	punct	7:punct	SpaceAfter=No
7	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	9	amod	9:amod	_
8	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	9:compound	_
9	firms	firm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	4:obj|12:nsubj:xsubj	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	12:mark	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	12:punct	SpaceAfter=No
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	4:xcomp	_
13	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	12:advmod	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	12:punct	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	16:mark	_
16	ensure	ensure	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	advcl	12:advcl:to	_
17	supply	supply	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	16:obj	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
19	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	21:nsubj|22:nsubj:xsubj	_
20	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	aux	21:aux	_
21	begun	begin	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
22	drilling	drill	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	21	xcomp	21:xcomp	_
23	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	24:case	_
24	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	22:obl:for	_
25	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	29:case	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	29:det	_
27	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	29:compound	_
28	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	compound	29:compound	_
29	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obl	22:obl:in	SpaceAfter=No
30	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	22:punct	_
31	just	just	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	22:advmod	_
32	west	west	ADV	RB	_	31	advmod	31:advmod	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	35:det	_
35	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	obl	32:obl:of|38:obj	_
36	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	38	obj	35:ref	_
37	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	38	nsubj	38:nsubj	_
38	regards	regard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	acl:relcl	35:acl:relcl	_
39	as	as	ADP	IN	_	41	case	41:case	_
40	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	41	nmod:poss	41:nmod:poss	_
41	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	38	obl	38:obl:as	SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	21:punct	_
