a wartime farce in the alternately comic and 
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ wartime) (NN farce)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (ADJP (ADJP (RB alternately) (JJ comic)) (CC and))))))
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (CC ))))))