grows as dull as its characters , about whose fate it is hard to care . 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ grows) (ADJP (ADJP (RB as) (JJ dull)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (PRP$ its) (NNS characters)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHPP (IN about) (WHNP (WP$ whose) (NN fate))) (S (NP (NP (PRP it))) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ hard) (SBAR (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB care))))))))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (ADJP (ADJP (RB ) (JJ )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (PRP$ ) (NNS )) (, ) (SBAR (WHPP (IN ) (WHNP (WP$ ) (NN ))) (S (NP (NP (PRP ))) (VP (VBZ ) (ADJP (JJ ) (SBAR (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ))))))))))))) (. )))