An attack on Iran would trigger this mutual defense pact, and could conceivably bring Syria into direct conflict with American forces.
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	2:det	_
2	attack	attack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	6:nsubj|15:nsubj	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	4:case	_
4	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	2:nmod:on	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	6:aux	_
6	trigger	trigger	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	0:root	_
7	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	10:det	_
8	mutual	mutual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	9:amod	_
9	defense	defense	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	10:compound	_
10	pact	pact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	6:obj	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	15:punct	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	15:cc	_
13	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	15:aux	_
14	conceivably	conceivably	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	15:advmod	_
15	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	6:conj:and	_
16	Syria	Syria	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	obj	15:obj	_
17	into	into	ADP	IN	_	19	case	19:case	_
18	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	19:amod	_
19	conflict	conflict	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	15:obl:into	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	22	case	22:case	_
21	American	American	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	22:amod	_
22	forces	force	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nmod	19:nmod:with	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	6:punct	_
