( ( ( soil strata ) ( ( The ( various ( horizontal layers ) ) ) ( of ( ( sedimentary rock ) ( -LRB- ( soil -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (NP (NP (NN soil) (NN strata)) (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ various) (JJ horizontal) (NNS layers)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (JJ sedimentary) (NN rock)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NN soil)) (-RRB- -RRB-))))) (. .)))
soil strata The various horizontal layers of sedimentary rock (soil).
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT A) (VBG defining) (NN feature)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ deformed) (NN sedimentary) (NNS rocks)))) (VP (VBZ is) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP are) (RB not) (ADJP (JJ horizontal)))))) (. .)))