Problem: What are the most important words?
The black and white cat lies next to a pair of sneakers.
Answer: lie, pair, sneaker

Problem: What are the most important words?
The someone struggles to free a lifeboat carrying the cook.
Answer: free, lifeboat, struggle

Problem: What are the most important words?
patch of green lichen growing on the trunk of a deciduous tree in a circular pattern
Answer:
grow, pattern, tree