The Andaman Sea is a major conduit for this traffic, and the 572 large and small islands that constitute the Andaman and Nicobar group are a natural transit base.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	_
2	Andaman	Andaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	3:compound	_
3	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	7:nsubj	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	7:cop	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
6	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	7:amod	_
7	conduit	conduit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	0:root	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	10:case	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	10:det	_
10	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	7:nmod:for	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	30	punct	30:punct	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	30	cc	30:cc	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	18:det	_
14	572	572	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	18:nummod	_
15	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	18:amod	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	17:cc	_
17	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	conj	15:conj:and|18:amod	_
18	islands	island	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	30	nsubj	20:nsubj|30:nsubj	_
19	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	20	nsubj	18:ref	_
20	constitute	constitute	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	acl:relcl	18:acl:relcl	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	25:det	_
22	Andaman	Andaman	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	25:compound	_
23	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	24:cc	_
24	Nicobar	Nicobar	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	conj	22:conj:and|25:compound	_
25	group	group	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	obj	20:obj	_
26	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	30	cop	30:cop	_
27	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	30	det	30:det	_
28	natural	natural	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	30:amod	_
29	transit	transit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	30	compound	30:compound	_
30	base	base	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	7:conj:and	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	7:punct	_
