Though the area had no overarching political structure, trade over long distances helped diffuse culture.
1	Though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	4:mark	Discourse=adversative-concession:66->67:0
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	3:det	Entity=(79-place-giv:inact-cf1-2-coref-Mesoamerica
3	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	Entity=79)
4	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	advcl	14:advcl:though	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	Polarity=Neg|PronType=Art	8	det	8:det	Entity=(126-abstract-new-cf3-4-sgl
6	overarching	overarching	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
7	political	political	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
8	structure	structure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	4:obj	Entity=126)|SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
10	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	14:nsubj|15:nsubj:xsubj	Discourse=joint-other_m:67->48:1|Entity=(127-abstract-new-cf2-1-sgl
11	over	over	ADP	IN	_	13	case	13:case	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	13:amod	Entity=(128-abstract-new-cf5-2-sgl
13	distances	distance	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	10:nmod:over	Entity=128)127)
14	helped	help	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
15	diffuse	diffuse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	xcomp	14:xcomp	_
16	culture	culture	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	15:obj	Entity=(129-abstract-new-cf4-1-sgl)|SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	14:punct	_
