( ( Just ( as ( if ( ( a ( mighty wind ) ) ( blows ( ( ( a ( palm tree ) ) and ) ( a ( oak tree ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( ( the chances ) ( ( are ( that ( ( the ( palm tree ) ) ( will ( fall ( because ( ( ( it ( has ( no ( deep ( root system ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( ( the ( mighty ( oak tree ) ) ) ( ( will not ) ( fall ( because ( it ( has ( a ( ( mighty advanced ) ( root system ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (RB Just) (RB as) (IN if) (S (NP (DT a) (JJ mighty) (NN wind)) (VP (VBZ blows) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN palm) (NN tree)) (CC and) (NP (DT a) (NN oak) (NN tree)))))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NNS chances)) (VP (VBP are) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT the) (NN palm) (NN tree)) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB fall) (SBAR (IN because) (S (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ has) (NP (DT no) (JJ deep) (NN root) (NN system)))) (CC and) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ mighty) (NN oak) (NN tree)) (VP (MD will) (RB not) (VP (VB fall) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ has) (NP (DT a) (ADJP (RB mighty) (JJ advanced)) (NN root) (NN system))))))))))))))) (. .)))
Just as if a mighty wind blows a palm tree and a oak tree, the chances are that the palm tree will fall because it has no deep root system and the mighty oak tree will not fall because it has a mighty advanced root system.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Deep) (NNS roots)) (VP (MD will) (ADVP (RBS best)) (VP (VB prevent) (NP (DT a) (NN tree)) (PP (IN from) (S (VP (VBG being) (VP (VBN blown) (PRT (RP over)) (PP (IN by) (NP (JJ high) (NNS winds))) (PP (IN during) (NP (DT a) (NN storm))))))))) (. .)))
Deep roots will best prevent a tree from being blown over by high winds during a storm.