like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas . 
(ROOT (PP (IN like) (NP (DT the) (JJ old) (NML (NML (NN disease)) (HYPH -) (PP (IN of) (HYPH -) (NP (DT the) (HYPH -) (NN week)))) (NML (JJ small) (HYPH -) (NN screen)) (NNS melodramas)) (. .)))
(ROOT (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NML (NML (NN )) (HYPH ) (PP (IN ) (HYPH ) (NP (DT ) (HYPH ) (NN )))) (NML (JJ ) (HYPH ) (NN )) (NNS )) (. )))