Separating a pair some time before a show (killies are usually shown & judged & often sold as pairs) will encourage them to court and show their best colors.
1	Separating	separate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	23	csubj	23:csubj	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
3	pair	pair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	1:obj	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	_	5	det	5:det	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:npmod	8:nmod:npmod	_
6	before	before	ADP	IN	_	8	case	8:case	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	_
8	show	show	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	1:obl:before	_
9	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	13	punct	13:punct	SpaceAfter=No
10	killies	killy	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj:pass	13:nsubj:pass|15:nsubj:pass|18:nsubj:pass	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	13:aux:pass	_
12	usually	usually	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	13:advmod	_
13	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	parataxis	23:parataxis	_
14	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	15:cc	_
15	judged	judge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	13:conj	_
16	&	&	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	_
17	often	often	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	18:advmod	_
18	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	13	conj	13:conj	_
19	as	as	ADP	IN	_	20	case	20:case	_
20	pairs	pair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	13:obl:as	SpaceAfter=No
21	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	13	punct	13:punct	_
22	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	23:aux	_
23	encourage	encourage	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
24	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	23:obj|26:nsubj:xsubj|28:nsubj:xsubj	_
25	to	to	PART	TO	_	26	mark	26:mark	_
26	court	court	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	23	xcomp	23:xcomp	_
27	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	28	cc	28:cc	_
28	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	conj	23:xcomp|26:conj:and	_
29	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	31	nmod:poss	31:nmod:poss	_
30	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	31	amod	31:amod	_
31	colors	color	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	28	obj	28:obj	SpaceAfter=No
32	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
