Maybe if they see how much time and effort you've devoted to researching the animal they'll reconsider.
1	Maybe	maybe	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	4:mark	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
4	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	advcl	19:advcl:if	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	6:advmod	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	7:amod	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	12:obj	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	9:cc	_
9	effort	effort	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	7:conj:and|12:obj	_
10-11	you've	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	12:nsubj	_
11	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	12:aux	_
12	devoted	devote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	4:ccomp	_
13	to	to	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	14:mark	_
14	researching	research	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	advcl	12:advcl:to	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	16:det	_
16	animal	animal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	14:obj	_
17-18	they'll	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
17	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	19:nsubj	_
18	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	19:aux	_
19	reconsider	reconsider	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	19:punct	_
