In a major regional shift reflecting the newly strengthened position of Karzai, Iran, Russia and India which have traditionally backed the Tajik dominated former Northern Alliance made strenuous efforts to convince presidential candidate Younis Qanooni to strike a deal with Karzai before the elections and not to oppose Karzai.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	5:case	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	5:det	_
3	major	major	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	5:amod	_
4	regional	regional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	5:amod	_
5	shift	shift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	obl	29:obl:in	_
6	reflecting	reflect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	acl	5:acl	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	10:det	_
8	newly	newly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	9:advmod	_
9	strengthened	strengthen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	10:amod	_
10	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	6:obj	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	12:case	_
12	Karzai	Karzai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	nmod	10:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
14	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	29	nsubj	22:nsubj|29:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
16	Russia	Russia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	14:conj:and|22:nsubj|29:nsubj	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	18:cc	_
18	India	India	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	conj	14:conj:and|22:nsubj|29:nsubj	_
19	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	22	nsubj	14:ref	_
20	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	22:aux	_
21	traditionally	traditionally	ADV	RB	_	22	advmod	22:advmod	_
22	backed	back	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	14	acl:relcl	14:acl:relcl	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	28	det	28:det	_
24	Tajik	Tajik	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	25	compound	25:compound	_
25	dominated	dominate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	28	amod	28:amod	_
26	former	former	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	_
27	Northern	Northern	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	28	amod	28:amod	_
28	Alliance	Alliance	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	22	obj	22:obj	_
29	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
30	strenuous	strenuous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	31	amod	31:amod	_
31	efforts	effort	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	29	obj	29:obj	_
32	to	to	PART	TO	_	33	mark	33:mark	_
33	convince	convince	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	31	acl	31:acl:to	_
34	presidential	presidential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	35	amod	35:amod	_
35	candidate	candidate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	36	compound	36:compound	_
36	Younis	Younis	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	33	obj	33:obj|39:nsubj:xsubj|50:nsubj:xsubj	_
37	Qanooni	Qanooni	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	36	flat	36:flat	_
38	to	to	PART	TO	_	39	mark	39:mark	_
39	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	33	xcomp	33:xcomp	_
40	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	41	det	41:det	_
41	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	39	obj	39:obj	_
42	with	with	ADP	IN	_	43	case	43:case	_
43	Karzai	Karzai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	41	nmod	41:nmod:with	_
44	before	before	ADP	IN	_	46	case	46:case	_
45	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	46	det	46:det	_
46	elections	election	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	39	obl	39:obl:before	_
47	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	50	cc	50:cc	_
48	not	not	PART	RB	_	50	advmod	50:advmod	_
49	to	to	PART	TO	_	50	mark	50:mark	_
50	oppose	oppose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	39	conj	33:xcomp|39:conj:and	_
51	Karzai	Karzai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	50	obj	50:obj	SpaceAfter=No
52	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	29:punct	_
