( ( This ( ( slow moving ) system ) ) ( ( ( ( ( directed ( a ( southerly ( air stream ) ) ) ) ( towards ( the ( Apple Isle ) ) ) ) , ) ( as ( Tasmania ( is ( called ( for ( ( the ( better part ) ) ( of ( five days ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT This) (ADJP (JJ slow) (JJ moving)) (NN system)) (VP (VBD directed) (NP (DT a) (JJ southerly) (NN air) (NN stream)) (PP (IN towards) (NP (DT the) (NNP Apple) (NNP Isle))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (NNP Tasmania)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJR better) (NN part)) (PP (IN of) (NP (CD five) (NNS days)))))))))) (. .)))
This slow moving system directed a southerly air stream towards the Apple Isle, as Tasmania is called for the better part of five days.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Jet) (NNP streams)) (VP (VBP are) (ADVP (RB fast)) (VP (VBG moving) (NP (NP (NNS rivers)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN air))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBG going) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (JJ opposite) (NNS directions)) (VP (VBN called))))))))))) (. .)))
Jet streams are fast moving rivers of air that are going in opposite directions called.