But even before the incident the People's Daily, the government mouthpiece, had commented that competition over the East China Sea between the two countries was "only a prelude of the game between China and Japan in the arena of international energy".
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	16:cc	_
2	even	even	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	5:advmod	_
3	before	before	ADP	IN	_	5	case	5:case	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	5:det	_
5	incident	incident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	16:obl:before	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	7:det	_
7-8	People's	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
7	People	People	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	9	nmod:poss	9:nmod:poss	_
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	7:case	_
9	Daily	Daily	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	16:nsubj	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	9:punct	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	13:det	_
12	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	13:compound	_
13	mouthpiece	mouthpiece	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	9:appos	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
15	had	have	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	16:aux	_
16	commented	comment	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
17	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	32	mark	32:mark	_
18	competition	competition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nsubj	32:nsubj	_
19	over	over	ADP	IN	_	23	case	23:case	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	23:det	_
21	East	East	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
22	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	compound	23:compound	_
23	Sea	Sea	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	18	nmod	18:nmod:over	_
24	between	between	ADP	IN	_	27	case	27:case	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	27:det	_
26	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	27	nummod	27:nummod	_
27	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nmod	18:nmod:between	_
28	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	32	cop	32:cop	_
29	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	32	punct	32:punct	SpaceAfter=No
30	only	only	ADV	RB	_	32	advmod	32:advmod	_
31	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	32	det	32:det	_
32	prelude	prelude	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	ccomp	16:ccomp	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	35:det	_
35	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	32:nmod:of	_
36	between	between	ADP	IN	_	37	case	37:case	_
37	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	nmod	35:nmod:between	_
38	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	39	cc	39:cc	_
39	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	37	conj	35:nmod:between|37:conj:and	_
40	in	in	ADP	IN	_	42	case	42:case	_
41	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	42	det	42:det	_
42	arena	arena	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	35	nmod	35:nmod:in	_
43	of	of	ADP	IN	_	45	case	45:case	_
44	international	international	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	45	amod	45:amod	_
45	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	42	nmod	42:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
46	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	32	punct	32:punct	SpaceAfter=No
47	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	16:punct	_
