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 many options to offer.
( ( Secular regimes ) ( ( had ( ( many options ) ( to offer ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Secular) (NNS regimes)) (VP (VBD had) (NP (NP (JJ many) (NNS options)) (PP (TO to) (NP (NN offer))))) (. .)))