( ( three persons ) ( ( had ( consumed ( fiddlehead ( fern soup ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (CD three) (NNS persons)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN consumed) (NP (JJ fiddlehead) (NN fern) (NN soup)))) (. .)))
three persons had consumed fiddlehead fern soup.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ first) (NNS leaves)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJS most) (NNS ferns)))) (VP (VBP appear) (SBAR (S (VP (VBD curled) (PRT (RP up)) (PP (IN into) (NP (NNS fiddleheads))))))) (. .)))