But it was a bunch of wild and crazy stories.
( But ( it ( ( was ( ( a bunch ) ( of ( ( ( wild and ) crazy ) stories ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (CC But) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN bunch)) (PP (IN of) (NP (ADJP (JJ wild) (CC and) (JJ crazy)) (NNS stories))))) (. .)))
There were thirty stories. 
( There ( ( were ( thirty stories ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (CD thirty) (NNS stories))) (. .)))