But the articles I read seemed to say the contrary.
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	6:cc	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
3	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	6:nsubj|8:nsubj:xsubj	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	5:nsubj	_
5	read	read	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	3:acl:relcl	_
6	seemed	seem	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	8:mark	_
8	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	6:xcomp	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	10:det	_
10	contrary	contrary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obj	8:obj	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	6:punct	_
