an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance . 
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT an) (JJ empty) (NN exercise)) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT a) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ florid)) (CC but) (ADJP (RB ultimately) (JJ vapid))) (NN crime) (NN melodrama)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (NP (NNS lots)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN surface) (NN flash)))) (CC but) (NP (JJ little) (JJ emotional) (NN resonance))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (, ) (NP (NP (DT ) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ )) (CC ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ ))) (NN ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NP (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ) (NN )))) (CC ) (NP (JJ ) (JJ ) (NN ))))) (. )))