# text = Wishing to regulate their families, they first cultivated their persons.
1	Wishing	wish	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	advcl	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	regulate	regulate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	their	they	PRON	PRP$	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	first	first	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	cultivated	cultivate	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	their	they	PRON	PRP$	Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_