desperately looks elsewhere , seizing on george 's haplessness and lucy 's personality tics . 
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB desperately)) (VP (VBZ looks) (ADVP (RB elsewhere)) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG seizing) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (NP (NNP george) (POS 's)) (NN haplessness)) (CC and) (NP (NP (NN lucy) (POS 's)) (NN personality) (NNS tics))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (ADVP (RB )) (VP (VBZ ) (ADVP (RB )) (, ) (S (VP (VBG ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NP (NNP ) (POS )) (NN )) (CC ) (NP (NP (NN ) (POS )) (NN ) (NNS ))))))) (. )))