( ( Few plants ) ( ( can ( ( survive ( the ( violent water ) ) ) ( in ( the brook ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Few) (NNS plants)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB survive) (NP (DT the) (JJ violent) (NN water)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN brook))))) (. .)))
Few plants can survive the violent water in the brook.
(ROOT (S (NP (JJS Most) (NNS people)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB survive) (NP (QP (RB only) (DT a) (JJ few)) (NNS days)) (PP (IN without) (NP (NN water))))) (. .)))