The only reason I switched away from them in the first place is because my good friend who apprenticed with them was starting out on his own.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
2	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	3:amod	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj:outer	23:nsubj:outer	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	_
5	switched	switch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	3:acl:relcl	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	5:advmod	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	8:case	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	6:obl:from	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	12:case	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord	12	amod	12:amod	_
12	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	5:obl:in	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	23:cop	_
14	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	23:mark	_
15	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	17:nmod:poss	_
16	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	17:amod	_
17	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	19:nsubj|23:nsubj	_
18	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	17:ref	_
19	apprenticed	apprentice	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	acl:relcl	17:acl:relcl	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	21:case	_
21	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obl	19:obl:with	_
22	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	23:aux	_
23	starting	start	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
24	out	out	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	23:compound:prt	_
25	on	on	ADP	IN	_	27	case	27:case	_
26	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	27	nmod:poss	27:nmod:poss	_
27	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	obl	23:obl:on	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
