acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts 
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (ADJP (VBD acted)) (, --) (CC and) (ADJP (RB far) (RBR less) (JJ crass)) (, -)) (PP (IN than) (NP (DT some) (JJ other) (JJ recent) (NNS efforts)))))
(ROOT (ADJP (ADJP (ADJP (VBD )) (, ) (CC ) (ADJP (RB ) (RBR ) (JJ )) (, )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (JJ ) (NNS )))))