Small towns like Louisian lay scattered all over the Oil Fields; the main train line branched between them.
( ( ( ( ( ( Small towns ) ( like Louisian ) ) ( lay ( scattered ( all ( over ( the ( Oil Fields ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ; ) ( ( the ( main ( train line ) ) ) ( branched ( between them ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NP (JJ Small) (NNS towns)) (PP (IN like) (NP (NNP Louisian)))) (VP (VBD lay) (VP (VBN scattered) (PP (DT all) (IN over) (NP (DT the) (NNP Oil) (NNP Fields)))))) (: ;) (S (NP (DT the) (JJ main) (NN train) (NN line)) (VP (VBN branched) (PP (IN between) (NP (PRP them))))) (. .)))
There was only one town in the oil fields.
( There ( ( was ( ( only ( one town ) ) ( in ( the ( oil fields ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (RB only) (CD one) (NN town)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN oil) (NNS fields))))) (. .)))