becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course 
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(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (ADJP (JJ ) (CC ) (JJ )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NN ) (NN ) (NN ))))))))