def parse_paragraphs(soup):
    """Parse sentences and paragraphs in the section.
    
    Parameters
    ----------
    soup: bs4.BeautifulSoup
        The parsed XML data.
        
    Returns
    -------
    list of (list of str)
        List of paragraphs given as list of sentences.
    """
    paragraphs = []
    for para in soup.find_all('p'):
        sentences = []
        for sent in para.find_all('s'):
            sentence = sent.text.strip()
            if len(sentence) > 0:
                sentences.append(sentence)
        if len(sentences) > 0:
            paragraphs.append({'sentences': sentences})
    return paragraphs
