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(ROOT (FRAG (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB How)) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (CD three) (JJ common) (NNS states)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN matter))) (, ,) (UCP (ADJP (JJ solid) (, ,) (JJ liquid)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (NN gas))) (, ,)) (VP (MD may) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN described) (PP (IN by) (NP (PRP$ their) (NN shape) (CC and) (NN volume)))))))) (. .)))
How the three common states of matter, solid, liquid, and gas, may be described by their shape and volume.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Solid)) (VP (VBZ takes) (S (NP (CC neither) (NP (DT the) (NN shape)) (CC nor) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN volume)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ its) (NN container))))))) (. .)))