There were, of course, certain extreme measures that they could take.
1	There	there	PRON	EX	_	2	expl	_	_
2	were	be	VERB	PAST	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	4	punct	_	_
4	of	of	ADV	_	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	course	course	ADV	_	_	4	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	Comma	_	9	punct	_	_
7	certain	certain	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
8	extreme	extreme	ADJ	POS	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	measures	measure	NOUN	PL-NOM	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	REL	PronType=Rel	13	obj	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PERS-PL-NOM	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	could	could	AUX	PAST-AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	INF	VerbForm=Inf	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	Period	_	2	punct	_	_
