( ( ( ( A ( moss ( , ( liverwort ( , ( or hornwort ) ) ) ) ) ) ; ) ( ( a ( nonvascular plant ) ) ( that ( ( ( inhabits ( the land ) ) but ) ( lacks ( many ( of ( ( the ( terrestrial adaptations ) ) ( of ( vascular plants ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT A) (NN moss) (, ,) (NN liverwort) (, ,) (CC or) (NN hornwort)) (: ;) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN nonvascular) (NN plant)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VP (VBZ inhabits) (NP (DT the) (NN land))) (CC but) (VP (VBZ lacks) (NP (NP (JJ many)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ terrestrial) (NNS adaptations)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN vascular) (NNS plants))))))))))) (. .)))
A moss, liverwort, or hornwort; a nonvascular plant that inhabits the land but lacks many of the terrestrial adaptations of vascular plants.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Moss)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (RBS best) (VBN classified) (PP (IN as) (NP (DT a) (NN nonvascular) (NN plant))))) (. .)))
Moss is best classified as a nonvascular plant.