Around age 2, children begin to pretend with less realistic toys, such as a block for a telephone.
( ( Around ( age 2 ) ) ( , ( children ( ( begin ( to ( pretend ( with ( ( ( ( less realistic ) toys ) , ) ( such ( as ( ( a block ) ( for ( a telephone ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN Around) (NP (NN age) (CD 2))) (, ,) (NP (NNS children)) (VP (VBP begin) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB pretend) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (ADJP (RBR less) (JJ realistic)) (NNS toys)) (, ,) (PP (JJ such) (IN as) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN block)) (PP (IN for) (NP (DT a) (NN telephone))))))))))) (. .)))
The children prefer to use their imaginations to approximate the shapes.
( ( The children ) ( ( prefer ( to ( ( use ( their imaginations ) ) ( to ( approximate ( the shapes ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NNS children)) (VP (VBP prefer) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB use) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS imaginations)) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (JJ approximate) (NP (DT the) (NNS shapes))))))))) (. .)))