( ( Kindness ( to animals ) ) ( ( was ( ( an ( essential point ) ) ( of ( his ( moral creed ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNS Kindness)) (PP (TO to) (NP (NNS animals)))) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (DT an) (JJ essential) (NN point)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ his) (JJ moral) (NN creed))))) (. .)))
Kindness to animals was an essential point of his moral creed.
(ROOT (S (PP (IN For) (NP (JJ social) (NNS animals))) (, ,) (NP (NN communication)) (VP (VBZ essential)) (. .)))