( ( ( ( ( They ( ( ( are not ) really ) ( five ( separate ( or ( unconnected elements ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) but ) ( ( one ( single ( gross substance ) ) ) ( ( appearing ( in ( ( various degrees ) ( of descent ) ) ) ) ( as ( ( ( ether ( , ( air ( , ( fire ( , ( ( water and ) earth ) ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( of which ) ( ( ( five elements ) also ) ( ( our bodies ) ( are constituted ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADVP (RB really)) (NP (CD five) (JJ separate) (CC or) (JJ unconnected) (NNS elements)))) (, ,) (CC but) (S (NP (CD one) (JJ single) (JJ gross) (NN substance)) (VP (VBG appearing) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (JJ various) (NNS degrees)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN descent))))) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NN ether) (, ,) (NN air) (, ,) (NN fire) (, ,) (NN water) (CC and) (NN earth)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN of) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NP (CD five) (NNS elements)) (ADVP (RB also))) (NP (PRP$ our) (NNS bodies)) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ constituted))))))))) (. .)))
They are not really five separate or unconnected elements, but one single gross substance appearing in various degrees of descent as ether, air, fire, water and earth, of which five elements also our bodies are constituted.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Air)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN separated) (PP (IN into) (NP (JJ several) (NNS elements)))))) (. .)))