marking the slow , lingering death of imagination 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG marking) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ slow) (, ,) (VBG lingering) (NN death)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN imagination)))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (, ) (VBG ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN )))))))