( ( The cytoskeleton ) ( ( ( ( is ( ( ( a network ) ( of ( ( microfilaments and ) microtubules ) ) ) ( that ( ( gives ( embryonic cells ) ) ( their ( ( shape and ) support ) ) ) ) ) ) -- ) ( just ( as ( ( the ( human skeleton ) ) ( ( ( shapes and ) supports ) ( the body ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN cytoskeleton)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN network)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS microfilaments) (CC and) (NNS microtubules))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ gives) (NP (JJ embryonic) (NNS cells)) (NP (PRP$ their) (NN shape) (CC and) (NN support)))))) (: --) (SBAR (RB just) (IN as) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ human) (NN skeleton)) (VP (VBZ shapes) (CC and) (VBZ supports) (NP (DT the) (NN body)))))) (. .)))
The cytoskeleton is a network of microfilaments and microtubules that gives embryonic cells their shape and support--just as the human skeleton shapes and supports the body.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN cytoskeleton)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN skeleton)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN cell))))) (. .)))