all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy , vaguely silly overkill . 
(ROOT (S (NP (PDT all) (DT this) (JJ visual) (NN trickery)) (VP (VP (VBZ stops) (S (VP (VBG being) (ADJP (JJ clever))))) (CC and) (VP (VBZ devolves) (PP (IN into) (NP (JJ flashy) (, ,) (ADJP (RB vaguely) (JJ silly)) (NN overkill))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (NP (PDT ) (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (VP (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (VBG ) (ADJP (JJ ))))) (CC ) (VP (VBZ ) (PP (IN ) (NP (JJ ) (, ) (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (NN ))))) (. )))