"It marks the first time in recent years that China has promised to wield its veto power in the UN Security Council against a petition initiated by the United States and backed by France and Great Britain."
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	3:punct	SpaceAfter=No
2	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	3:nsubj	_
3	marks	mark	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	6:det	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumType=Ord	6	amod	6:amod	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	3:obj	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	9:case	_
8	recent	recent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	6:nmod:in	_
10	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	13:mark	_
11	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	13:nsubj|15:nsubj:xsubj	_
12	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	13:aux	_
13	promised	promise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	acl:relcl	6:acl:relcl	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	15:mark	_
15	wield	wield	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	13:xcomp	_
16	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	18:nmod:poss	_
17	veto	veto	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	18:compound	_
18	power	power	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	15:obj	_
19	in	in	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
21	UN	UN	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
22	Security	Security	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
23	Council	Council	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	18:nmod:in	_
24	against	against	ADP	IN	_	26	case	26:case	_
25	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	26	det	26:det	_
26	petition	petition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	15:obl:against	_
27	initiated	initiate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	26	acl	26:acl	_
28	by	by	ADP	IN	_	31	case	31:case	_
29	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	31	det	31:det	_
30	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	31	amod	31:amod	_
31	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	27	obl	27:obl:by	_
32	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	33	cc	33:cc	_
33	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	27	conj	26:acl|27:conj:and	_
34	by	by	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
35	France	France	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obl	33:obl:by	_
36	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	38:cc	_
37	Great	Great	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	38	amod	38:amod	_
38	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	conj	33:obl:by|35:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
39	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	3:punct	SpaceAfter=No
40	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	3:punct	_
