premise , mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and 
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(ROOT (S (NP (NN )) (, ) (VP (VBZ ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (NNS )))))) (CC )))