would have been better than the fiction it has concocted 
(ROOT (VP (MD would) (VP (VB have) (VP (VBN been) (ADJP (ADJP (JJR better)) (PP (IN than) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN fiction)) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ has) (VP (VBN concocted))))))))))))
(ROOT (VP (MD ) (VP (VB ) (VP (VBN ) (ADJP (ADJP (JJR )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP )) (VP (VBZ ) (VP (VBN ))))))))))))