In this competition for legitimacy, secular regimes had no alternative to offer.
( ( In ( ( this competition ) ( for legitimacy ) ) ) ( , ( ( secular regimes ) ( ( had ( no ( alternative ( to offer ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (NP (DT this) (NN competition)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NN legitimacy))))) (, ,) (NP (NN secular) (NNS regimes)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (DT no) (NN alternative) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB offer)))))) (. .)))
Secular regimes resorted to chaos, as they had no other choice.
( ( Secular regimes ) ( ( ( ( resorted ( to chaos ) ) , ) ( as ( they ( had ( no ( other choice ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Secular) (NNS regimes)) (VP (VBD resorted) (PP (TO to) (NP (NN chaos))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (DT no) (JJ other) (NN choice)))))) (. .)))