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))))))) (. .)))
The countryside is very lovely and peaceful. 
( ( The countryside ) ( ( is ( very ( ( lovely and ) peaceful ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN countryside)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ lovely) (CC and) (JJ peaceful))) (. .)))