( ( neither ( ( heat nor ) matter ) ) ( ( cross ( the ( system boundaries ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (CC neither) (NP (NN heat)) (CC nor) (NP (NN matter))) (VP (VBP cross) (NP (DT the) (NN system) (NNS boundaries))) (. .)))
neither heat nor matter cross the system boundaries.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT A) (JJ sealed) (, ,) (JJ vacuum-insulated) (NN reaction) (NN flask)) (VP (VBZ approximates) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN condition)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (VBN isolated) (NN system)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN in) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (CC neither) (NP (NN matter)) (CC nor) (NP (NN heat))) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN exchanged) (PP (IN between) (NP (NN system) (CC and) (NNS surroundings)))))))))))) (. .)))
A sealed, vacuum-insulated reaction flask approximates the condition of a isolated system, in which neither matter nor heat can be exchanged between system and surroundings.