playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG playing) (NP (NP (NNS characters)) (SBAR (WHNP (WP who)) (S (ADVP (RB sometimes)) (VP (VBP feel) (PP (ADVP (RBR more)) (IN like) (NP (JJ literary) (NNS conceits))) (PP (IN than) (NP (NML (NN flesh) (HYPH -) (CC and) (HYPH -) (NN blood)) (NNS humans))))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBG ) (NP (NP (NNS )) (SBAR (WHNP (WP )) (S (ADVP (RB )) (VP (VBP ) (PP (ADVP (RBR )) (IN ) (NP (JJ ) (NNS ))) (PP (IN ) (NP (NML (NN ) (HYPH ) (CC ) (HYPH ) (NN )) (NNS ))))))))))