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 had little to off in way of legitimacy.
( ( Secular regimes ) ( ( had ( ( little to ) ( off ( in ( way ( of legitimacy ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Secular) (NNS regimes)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (NP (QP (JJ little) (TO to))) (PP (RB off) (IN in) (NP (NP (NN way)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN legitimacy))))))) (. .)))