( ( Unlike ( ( mosses and ) liverworts ) ) ( , ( ( vascular plants ) ( ( have ( ( conductive tissue ) ( that ( ( ( transports ( ( water and ) nutrients ) ) and ) ( ( gives plants ) ( ( the rigidity ) ( they ( need ( to ( grow upright ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN Unlike) (NP (NNS mosses) (CC and) (NNS liverworts))) (, ,) (NP (NN vascular) (NNS plants)) (VP (VBP have) (NP (NP (JJ conductive) (NN tissue)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VP (VBZ transports) (NP (NN water) (CC and) (NNS nutrients))) (CC and) (VP (VBZ gives) (NP (NNS plants)) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN rigidity)) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP need) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB grow) (NP (NN upright))))))))))))))) (. .)))
Unlike mosses and liverworts, vascular plants have conductive tissue that transports water and nutrients and gives plants the rigidity they need to grow upright.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Vascular) (NN tissue)) (VP (VBD allowed) (NP (DT these) (NNS plants)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB grow) (NP (JJR taller)))))) (. .)))