( ( Despite ( ( ( ( similar and ) well-known ) laws ) ( regarding drugs ) ) ) ( , ( ( ( ( ( ( 1.6 metrics ) tons ) ( of cocaine ) ) and ) ( ( 9 ( metric tons ) ) ( of marihuana ) ) ) ( ( were ( confiscated ( last year ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN Despite) (NP (NP (ADJP (JJ similar) (CC and) (JJ well-known)) (NNS laws)) (PP (VBG regarding) (NP (NNS drugs))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NP (QP (CD 1.6) (CD metrics)) (NNS tons)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN cocaine)))) (CC and) (NP (NP (CD 9) (JJ metric) (NNS tons)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN marihuana))))) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN confiscated) (NP (JJ last) (NN year)))) (. .)))
Despite similar and well-known laws regarding drugs, 1.6 metrics tons of cocaine and 9 metric tons of marihuana were confiscated last year.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP Archimedes) (POS ')) (NN law)) (VP (VBZ explains) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why)) (S (NP (NP (DT a) (NN ship)) (VP (VBG weighing) (NP (NP (NNS thousands)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ metric) (NNS tons)))))) (VP (VBZ floats) (PP (IN on) (NP (NN water))))))) (. .)))