( ( ( The ( total ( mechanical energy ) ) ) ( that ( ( an object ) has ) ) ) ( ( is ( ( ( ( the sum ) ( of ( its ( translational ( ( -LRB- ( linear -RRB- ) ) ( kinetic energy ) ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( ( ( its angular ) ( -LRB- ( rotational -RRB- ) ) ) ( kinetic energy ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ total) (JJ mechanical) (NN energy)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (DT an) (NN object)) (VP (VBZ has))))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN sum)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ translational) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNP linear)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (JJ kinetic) (NN energy)))) (CC and) (NP (NP (PRP$ its) (NN angular)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (ADJP (JJ rotational)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NP (JJ kinetic) (NN energy))))) (. .)))
The total mechanical energy that an object has is the sum of its translational (linear) kinetic energy and its angular (rotational) kinetic energy.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Thermal) (NN energy)) (VP (VBZ constitutes) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ total) (JJ kinetic) (NN energy)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NNS atoms) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP make) (PRT (RP up)) (NP (DT an) (NN object))))))))) (. .)))