The center had become a hodgepodge of unconnected programs--a day-care center, a library, a nonviolence training school.
( ( The center ) ( ( had ( become ( ( a hodgepodge ) ( of ( ( unconnected programs ) ( -- ( ( ( ( ( a ( day-care center ) ) , ) ( a library ) ) , ) ( a ( nonviolence ( training school ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN center)) (VP (VBD had) (VP (VBN become) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN hodgepodge)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (ADJP (JJ unconnected)) (NNS programs)) (PRN (: --) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ day-care) (NN center)) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NN library)) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (JJ nonviolence) (NN training) (NN school))))))))) (. .)))
The center was lacking a library.
( ( The center ) ( ( was ( lacking ( a library ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN center)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBG lacking) (NP (DT a) (NN library)))) (. .)))