a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn 
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ pleasant) (NN distraction)) (, ,) (NP (DT a) (NML (NNP friday) (NN night)) (NN diversion)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT an) (NN excuse)) (SBAR (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB eat) (NP (NN popcorn)))))))))
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (, ) (NP (DT ) (NML (NNP ) (NN )) (NN )) (, ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (SBAR (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NN )))))))))