comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ comes) (ADVP (RB across)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (NN stick) (NNS figures)) (VP (NN reading) (NP (NNS lines)) (PP (IN from) (NP (DT a) (NN teleprompter)))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (ADVP (RB )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (NN ) (NNS )) (VP (NN ) (NP (NNS )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NN )))))))))