( Man ( ( noticed ( that ( time ( could ( be ( ( broken up ) ( into ( units ( of ( ( ( ( ( ( the day ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( the time ) ( ( taken ( for ( the earth ) ) ) ( to ( ( rotate once ) ( on ( its axis ) ) ) ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) , ) ( ( the month ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( the time ) ( ( taken ( for ( the moon ) ) ) ( to ( orbit ( the earth ) ) ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) and ) ( ( the year ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( the time ) ( ( taken ( for ( the earth ) ) ) ( to ( orbit ( the sun ) ) ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Man)) (VP (VBD noticed) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NN time)) (VP (MD could) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN broken) (PRT (RP up)) (PP (IN into) (NP (NP (NNS units)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NP (DT the) (NN day)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN time)) (VP (VBN taken) (PP (IN for) (NP (DT the) (NN earth))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB rotate) (ADVP (RB once)) (PP (IN on) (NP (PRP$ its) (NNS axis)))))))) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN month)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN time)) (VP (VBN taken) (PP (IN for) (NP (DT the) (NN moon))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB orbit) (NP (DT the) (NN earth))))))) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (CC and) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN year)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN time)) (VP (VBN taken) (PP (IN for) (NP (DT the) (NN earth))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB orbit) (NP (DT the) (NN sun))))))) (-RRB- -RRB-))))))))))))) (. .)))
Man noticed that time could be broken up into units of the day (the time taken for the earth to rotate once on its axis), the month (the time taken for the moon to orbit the earth) and the year (the time taken for the earth to orbit the sun).
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Earth)) (VP (VBZ rotates) (PP (PP (IN on) (NP (PRP$ its) (NNS axis)) (ADVP (RB once))) (CC times) (PP (IN in) (NP (CD one) (NN day))))) (. .)))