A number of poignant Yiddish words defy genuine translation into 
( ( ( A number ) ( of ( poignant ( Yiddish words ) ) ) ) ( ( defy ( genuine translation ) ) into ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT A) (NN number)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ poignant) (JJ Yiddish) (NNS words)))) (VP (VBP defy) (NP (JJ genuine) (NN translation)) (PP (IN into)))))
A certain amount of moving Yiddish words are very hard to translate.
( ( ( A ( certain amount ) ) ( of ( moving ( Yiddish words ) ) ) ) ( ( are ( very ( hard ( to translate ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT A) (JJ certain) (NN amount)) (PP (IN of) (S (VP (VBG moving) (NP (JJ Yiddish) (NNS words)))))) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ hard) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB translate)))))) (. .)))