( ( Thermal energy ) ( ( ( does not ) ( ( refer ( to ( ( the motion ) ( of ( an object ) ) ) ) ) ( as ( ( a whole ) ( -LRB- ( ( that ( ( is , ) ( kinetic energy ) ) ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Thermal) (NN energy)) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB refer) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN motion)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT an) (NN object))))) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN whole)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBZ is) (, ,) (NP (JJ kinetic) (NN energy))))) (-RRB- -RRB-)))))) (. .)))
Thermal energy does not refer to the motion of an object as a whole (that is, kinetic energy).
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Thermal) (NN energy)) (VP (VBZ constitutes) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ total) (JJ kinetic) (NN energy)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PDT all) (DT the) (NNS atoms) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP make) (PRT (RP up)) (NP (DT an) (NN object))))))))) (. .)))