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                }
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                  "extra": "Past",
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                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "been ",
                  "tag": "aux"
                }
              ],
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              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "children": [
                {
                  "extra": "Pres",
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                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "negotiating ",
                  "tag": "VBG"
                }
              ],
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              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "text": "the ",
              "tag": "det"
            },
            {
              "text": "contract ",
              "tag": "dobj"
            },
            {
              "text": "before ",
              "tag": "mark"
            },
            {
              "text": "S*",
              "tag": "tag"
            },
            {
              "text": "the ",
              "tag": "DT_det"
            },
            {
              "text": "changes ",
              "tag": "NNS_nsubjpass"
            },
            {
              "children": [
                {
                  "extra": "Past",
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                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "were ",
                  "tag": "auxpass"
                }
              ],
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              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "children": [
                {
                  "text": "pS",
                  "tag": "tag"
                },
                {
                  "text": "made",
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                }
              ],
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              "tag": "Verb-Mark"
            },
            {
              "text": ".",
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            }
          ],
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        },
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        "translations": {
          "hi": "हम परिवर्तन किए जाने से पहले अनुबंध पर बातचीत कर रहे थे."
        }
      }
    ]
  }
}