( ( Deductive logic ) ( ( is ( ( the process ) ( of ( reasoning ( from ( ( the general ) ( to ( the specific ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Deductive) (NN logic)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN process)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN reasoning)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN general)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (NN specific))))))))) (. .)))
Deductive logic is the process of reasoning from the general to the specific.
(ROOT (S (S (VP (VBG Making) (NP (DT a) (JJ specific) (NN statement)) (PP (VBN based) (PP (IN on) (NP (DT a) (JJ general) (NN principle)))))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN definition)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ deductive) (NN reasoning))))) (. .)))