( ( ( ( The ( expected rain ) ) and ) ( the ( thawing snow ) ) ) ( ( will ( ( ( do little ) however ) ( to ( compensate ( for ( ( ( the ( long period ) ) ( of drought ) ) ( that ( ( hit Romania ) ( last year ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ expected) (NN rain)) (CC and) (NP (DT the) (VBG thawing) (NN snow))) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB do) (NP (RB little)) (ADVP (RB however)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB compensate) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ long) (NN period)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN drought))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBD hit) (NP (NNP Romania)) (NP (JJ last) (NN year)))))))))))) (. .)))
The expected rain and the thawing snow will do little however to compensate for the long period of drought that hit Romania last year.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Droughts)) (VP (VBZ occurs) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB when)) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ little) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT no) (NN rain)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN period)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN time)))))))))))) (. .)))