He couldn't tell when things were becoming more unstable as opposed to less.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	4:nsubj	_
2-3	couldn't	_	_	_	_	_	_	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	4:aux	_
3	n't	not	PART	RB	_	4	advmod	4:advmod	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	8:advmod	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	8:nsubj|10:nsubj:xsubj	_
7	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	8:aux	_
8	becoming	become	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	4:advcl:when	_
9	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	10:advmod	_
10	unstable	unstable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	xcomp	8:xcomp	_
11	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	14	case	14:case	_
12	opposed	oppose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	11	fixed	11:fixed	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	11:fixed	_
14	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	obl	8:obl	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	4:punct	_
