( ( These fungi ) ( ( ( ( ( attack ( the plant ) ) ( through ( the roots ) ) ) and ) ( ( grow up ) ( through ( ( the ( water-conducting vessels ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( the ( vascular tissue ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT These) (NNS fungi)) (VP (VP (VB attack) (NP (DT the) (NN plant)) (PP (IN through) (NP (DT the) (NNS roots)))) (CC and) (VP (VB grow) (PRT (RP up)) (PP (IN through) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ water-conducting) (NNS vessels)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (DT the) (NN vascular) (NN tissue)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))) (. .)))
These fungi attack the plant through the roots and grow up through the water-conducting vessels (the vascular tissue).
(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)))))) (. .)))