( ( The ( two plants ) ) ( ( sprouted ( on ( ( ( March 9 ) , ) 1996 ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (CD two) (NNS plants)) (VP (VBD sprouted) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNP March) (CD 9) (, ,) (CD 1996)))) (. .)))
The two plants sprouted on March 9, 1996.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP New) (NNS plants)) (VP (VBP start) (S (VP (VBG sprouting) (PP (ADVP (NP (CD two) (NNS months)) (RBR later)) (IN after) (NP (DT a) (NN forest) (NN fire)))))) (. .)))