How much better it was to believe that all his steps were actually to some purpose.
1	How	how	ADV	WH	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADV	POS	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	better	good	ADJ	CMP	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PERS-SG	_	3	expl	_	_
5	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
6	to	to	PART	_	_	7	mark	_	_
7	believe	believe	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	12	mark	_	_
9	all	all	DET	TOT-PL	_	11	det	_	_
10	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	steps	step	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	actually	actual	ADV	_	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	_	_	16	case	_	_
15	some	some	DET	IND	_	16	det	_	_
16	purpose	purpose	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
