def _get_tense(cls, parse, token_indices, use_gold=False):
		if len(token_indices) == 1:
			return 'one_token'
		parse_tree = Tree(parse['parsetree'])
		start_index = min(token_indices)
		end_index = max(token_indices) + 1
		tree_position = parse_tree.treeposition_spanning_leaves(start_index, end_index)
		arg_subtree = parse_tree[tree_position]
		return cls._recurse_search_tag(arg_subtree, ['VP'], [])