( ( ( Cardiovascular or ) ( heart disease ) ) ( ( is ( ( ( ( the ( leading cause ) ) ( of death ) ) and ) ( ( a ( common cause ) ) ( of ( morbidity ( in ( the ( United States ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNP Cardiovascular)) (CC or) (NP (NN heart) (NN disease))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (VBG leading) (NN cause)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN death)))) (CC and) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ common) (NN cause)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN morbidity)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NNP United) (NNPS States)))))))) (. .)))
Cardiovascular or heart disease is the leading cause of death and a common cause of morbidity in the United States.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Heart) (NN disease)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (VBG leading) (NN cause)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN death))) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (VBN united) (NNS states))))) (. .)))