attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way . 
(ROOT (S (VP (NNS attempts) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (ADJP (JJ grandiloquent)))))) (, ,) (CC but) (VP (VBZ ends) (PRT (RP up)) (S (ADJP (RB merely) (JJ pretentious))) (, --) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ grisly) (NN sort)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN way)))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (VP (NNS ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (ADJP (JJ )))))) (, ) (CC ) (VP (VBZ ) (PRT (RP )) (S (ADJP (RB ) (JJ ))) (, ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN )))))) (. )))