( ( If ( ( bulk water ) ( were ( ( ( traded ( like oil ) ) , ) ( for example ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( it ( ( would ( be ( subject ( to ( ( uniform ( trade laws ) ) ( that ( try ( to ( ( level ( the ( playing field ) ) ) ( by ( requiring ( ( that ( domestic standards ) ) ( ( -- ( ( for ( ( such matters ) ( as ( price-setting ( and ( environmental impact ) ) ) ) ) ) -- ) ) ( be ( ( the same ) ( as ( foreign ones ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN If) (S (NP (JJ bulk) (NN water)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN traded) (PP (IN like) (NP (NN oil))) (, ,) (PP (IN for) (NP (NN example))))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (MD would) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ subject) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (JJ uniform) (NN trade) (NNS laws)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP try) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB level) (NP (DT the) (VBG playing) (NN field)) (PP (IN by) (S (VP (VBG requiring) (S (NP (DT that) (JJ domestic) (NNS standards)) (PRN (: --) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (JJ such) (NNS matters)) (PP (IN as) (NP (JJ price-setting) (CC and) (JJ environmental) (NN impact))))) (: --)) (VP (VB be) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ same)) (PP (IN as) (NP (JJ foreign) (NNS ones)))))))))))))))))))) (. .)))
If bulk water were traded like oil, for example, it would be subject to uniform trade laws that try to level the playing field by requiring that domestic standards -- for such matters as price-setting and environmental impact -- be the same as foreign ones.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (CD One) (NN example)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN matter)))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NN water))) (. .)))
One example of matter is water.