to merely bad rather than painfully awful 
(ROOT (S (VP (TO to) (ADJP (ADJP (RB merely) (JJ bad)) (CONJP (RB rather) (IN than)) (ADJP (RB painfully) (JJ awful))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (TO ) (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (CONJP (RB ) (IN )) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ ))))))