The entire city was surrounded by open countryside with a scattering of small villages.
( ( The ( entire city ) ) ( ( was ( ( surrounded ( by ( open countryside ) ) ) ( with ( ( a scattering ) ( of ( small villages ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (JJ entire) (NN city)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN surrounded) (PP (IN by) (NP (JJ open) (NN countryside))) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN scattering)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ small) (NNS villages))))))) (. .)))
There is only one large village in the countryside. 
( There ( ( is ( ( only ( one ( large village ) ) ) ( in ( the countryside ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (RB only) (CD one) (JJ large) (NN village)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN countryside))))) (. .)))