despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure 
(ROOT (PP (IN despite) (S (VP (VBG suffering) (NP (DT a) (NML (NML (NN sense)) (HYPH -) (PP (IN of) (HYPH -) (NP (NN humour)))) (NN failure))))))
(ROOT (PP (IN ) (S (VP (VBG ) (NP (DT ) (NML (NML (NN )) (HYPH ) (PP (IN ) (HYPH ) (NP (NN )))) (NN ))))))