Even on so small an island as Taiwan the Mandarin-speaking ex-mainlanders cannot converse with the Taiwanese-born majority who have not bothered to learn Mandarin.
( ( Even ( on ( ( ( so small ) ( an island ) ) ( as Taiwan ) ) ) ) ( ( the ( Mandarin-speaking ex-mainlanders ) ) ( ( ( can not ) ( converse ( with ( ( the ( Taiwanese-born majority ) ) ( who ( ( have not ) ( bothered ( to ( learn Mandarin ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB Even) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (ADJP (RB so) (JJ small)) (DT an) (NN island)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NNP Taiwan)))))) (NP (DT the) (JJ Mandarin-speaking) (NNS ex-mainlanders)) (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB converse) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Taiwanese-born) (NN majority)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (VP (VBP have) (RB not) (VP (VBN bothered) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB learn) (NP (NNP Mandarin))))))))))))) (. .)))
The language differences on Taiwan mean that the Taiwanese majority and its Chinese ex-mainlanders still cannot talk to one another.
( ( ( The ( language differences ) ) ( on Taiwan ) ) ( ( mean ( that ( ( ( ( the ( Taiwanese majority ) ) and ) ( its ( Chinese ex-mainlanders ) ) ) ( still ( ( can not ) ( talk ( to ( one another ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN language) (NNS differences)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNP Taiwan)))) (VP (VBP mean) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ Taiwanese) (NN majority)) (CC and) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ Chinese) (NNS ex-mainlanders))) (ADVP (RB still)) (VP (MD can) (RB not) (VP (VB talk) (PP (TO to) (NP (CD one) (DT another)))))))) (. .)))