While the ominous possibilities of heightened Iraqi chaos, missiles in the Gulf, and Syrian involvement loom large if the US attacks Iran, all pale in comparison to the involvement of China in any US/Iran engagement.
1	While	while	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	18:mark	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	4:det	_
3	ominous	ominous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	4:amod	_
4	possibilities	possibility	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	nsubj	18:nsubj|19:nsubj:xsubj	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	8:case	_
6	heightened	heighten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	amod	8:amod	_
7	Iraqi	Iraqi	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	8:amod	_
8	chaos	chaos	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	4:nmod:of	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	10:punct	_
10	missiles	missile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	4:nmod:of|8:conj:and	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	13:case	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	13:det	_
13	Gulf	gulf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	10:nmod:in	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	17:punct	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	17:cc	_
16	Syrian	Syrian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	17:amod	_
17	involvement	involvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	4:nmod:of|8:conj:and	_
18	loom	loom	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	27	advcl	27:advcl:while	_
19	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	xcomp	18:xcomp	_
20	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	23	mark	23:mark	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	22:det	_
22	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	_
23	attacks	attack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	18:advcl:if	_
24	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	obj	23:obj	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
26	all	all	DET	DT	_	27	nsubj	27:nsubj	_
27	pale	pale	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	0:root	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	29:case	_
29	comparison	comparison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	obl	27:obl:in	_
30	to	to	ADP	IN	_	32	case	32:case	_
31	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	32	det	32:det	_
32	involvement	involvement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	29	nmod	29:nmod:to	_
33	of	of	ADP	IN	_	34	case	34:case	_
34	China	China	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	32	nmod	32:nmod:of	_
35	in	in	ADP	IN	_	40	case	40:case	_
36	any	any	DET	DT	_	40	det	40:det	_
37	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	39	compound	39:compound	SpaceAfter=No
38	/	/	PUNCT	HYPH	_	39	punct	39:punct	SpaceAfter=No
39	Iran	Iran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	40	compound	40:compound	_
40	engagement	engagement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	32	nmod	32:nmod:in	SpaceAfter=No
41	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	27	punct	27:punct	_
