It was possible, of course, that Stillman was merely biding his time, lulling the world into lethargy before striking.
1	It	it	PRON	EX-P3SG	_	3	expl	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	possible	possible	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	5	punct	_	_
5	of	of	ADV	_	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	course	course	ADV	_	_	5	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	5	punct	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	_	12	mark	_	_
9	Stillman	Stillman	PROPN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	PAST	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	merely	mere	ADV	_	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	biding	bide	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	csubj	_	_
13	his	he	PRON	P3SG-GEN	Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	time	time	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	16	punct	_	_
16	lulling	lull	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DEF	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	world	world	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
19	into	into	ADP	_	_	20	case	_	_
20	lethargy	lethargy	NOUN	SG-NOM	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	before	before	ADP	_	_	22	mark	_	_
22	striking	strike	VERB	ING	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	3	punct	_	_
