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 as they carry multiple meanings.
( ( ( A ( certain amount ) ) ( of ( moving ( Yiddish words ) ) ) ) ( ( are ( very ( hard ( to ( translate ( as ( they ( carry ( multiple meanings ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(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) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP carry) (NP (JJ multiple) (NNS meanings)))))))))) (. .)))