he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic 
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB give) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ transcendent) (NN performance)) (SBAR (S (NP (NN sonny)) (VP (VBZ needs) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB overcome) (NP (NP (NNS gaps)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NN character) (NN development)) (CC and) (NP (NN story) (NN logic))))))))))))))))
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP )) (VP (VBZ ) (RB ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (SBAR (S (NP (NN )) (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NN ) (NN )) (CC ) (NP (NN ) (NN ))))))))))))))))