Over their backs fell the cutting lashes of a whip.
( ( Over ( their backs ) ) ( ( fell ( ( the ( cutting lashes ) ) ( of ( a whip ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (SINV (PP (IN Over) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS backs))) (VP (VBD fell)) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ cutting) (NNS lashes)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT a) (NN whip)))) (. .)))
They were whipped everywhere else except for their backs.
( They ( ( were ( whipped ( ( everywhere else ) ( except ( for ( their backs ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP They)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN whipped) (PP (ADVP (RB everywhere) (RB else)) (IN except) (IN for) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS backs))))) (. .)))