maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG maintaining) (NP (NN consciousness)) (ADVP (RB just) (RB long) (RB enough) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB achieve) (NP (JJ callow) (NN pretension)))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG ) (NP (NN )) (ADVP (RB ) (RB ) (RB ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (JJ ) (NN )))))))))