( ( After ( penetrating ( the roots ) ) ) ( , ( ( the fungus ) ( ( ( grows and ) ( ( ( moves ( through ( ( the plant ) ( in ( the ( water-conducting ( ( -LRB- ( vascular -RRB- ) ) tissues ) ) ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( eventually ( invades ( ( branches and ) twigs ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN After) (S (VP (VBG penetrating) (NP (DT the) (NNS roots))))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NN fungus)) (VP (VP (VBZ grows)) (CC and) (VP (VP (VBZ moves) (PP (IN through) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN plant)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ water-conducting) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NN vascular)) (-RRB- -RRB-)) (NNS tissues)))))) (CC and) (VP (ADVP (RB eventually)) (VBZ invades) (NP (NNS branches) (CC and) (NNS twigs))))) (. .)))
After penetrating the roots, the fungus grows and moves through the plant in the water-conducting (vascular) tissues and eventually invades branches and twigs.
(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)))))) (. .)))