(S (S (BASENP (DT The) (NNP United) (NNPS States) (NN 2008) (JJ federal) (NN deficit)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN reached) (NP (NP (BASENP (DT a) (NN record)) (ADJP (JJ high))) (COMMA ,) (NP (BASENP (QP (DOLLAR US$) (NN 454.8) (NN billion))) (COLON --) (NP (BASENP (ADVP (RBR more) (IN than)) (NN double)) (NP (BASENP (JJ last) (NN year) (POS 's)) (NN deficit)))))))) (PERIOD .))