( ( pharynx ( ( An area ) ( in ( ( the ( vertebrate throat ) ) ( where ( ( air ( and ( food passages ) ) ) cross ) ) ) ) ) ) ; )
(ROOT (S (VP (VB pharynx) (NP (NP (DT An) (NN area)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ vertebrate) (NN throat)) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP (NN air) (CC and) (NN food) (NNS passages)) (VP (VBP cross)))))))) (: ;)))
pharynx An area in the vertebrate throat where air and food passages cross;
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT the) (JJ human) (NN body))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN intersection)) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS paths)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NN air) (CC and) (NN food)))) (VP (VBP cross))))) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN called) (NP (NN pharynx)))) (. .)))