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 whole countryside is scattered with small villages. 
( ( The ( whole countryside ) ) ( ( is ( scattered ( with ( small villages ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (JJ whole) (NN countryside)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN scattered) (PP (IN with) (NP (JJ small) (NNS villages))))) (. .)))