... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy . 
(ROOT (S (, ...) (VP (VBZ manages) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB embody) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJS worst) (NNS excesses)) (PP (IN of) (NP (FW nouvelle) (JJ vague)))) (PP (IN without) (NP (NP (DT any)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (PRP$ its) (NN sense)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN fun) (CC or) (NN energy))))))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (, ) (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJS ) (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (FW ) (JJ )))) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (PRP$ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ) (CC ) (NN ))))))))))) (. )))