( ( ( Short ( threadlike extensions ) ) ( of ( a ( nerve cell ) ) ) ) ; )
(ROOT (NP (NP (JJ Short) (NN threadlike) (NNS extensions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (NN nerve) (NN cell))) (: ;)))
Short threadlike extensions of a nerve cell;
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ long) (, ,) (JJ threadlike) (NNS extensions)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN nerve) (NN cell)))) (VP (VBP help) (VP (VB transmit) (NP (NN nerve) (NNS impulses)))) (. .)))