( ( Each ( intervertebral disc ) ) ( ( is ( ( ( a ( cushion-like pad ) ) ( of FIBROCARTILAGE ) ) ( that ( surrounds ( a ( soft ( , ( elastic ( , ( semi-fluid center ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT Each) (JJ intervertebral) (NN disc)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ cushion-like) (NN pad)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNP FIBROCARTILAGE))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ surrounds) (NP (DT a) (JJ soft) (, ,) (JJ elastic) (, ,) (JJ semi-fluid) (NN center))))))) (. .)))
Each intervertebral disc is a cushion-like pad of FIBROCARTILAGE that surrounds a soft, elastic, semi-fluid center.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Intervertebral) (NNS discs)) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN made) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN fibrocartilage))))) (. .)))