signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination 
(ROOT (NP (NP (NNS signposts)) (VP (VBG marking) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ slow) (, ,) (VBG lingering) (NN death)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN imagination)))))))
(ROOT (NP (NP (NNS )) (VP (VBG ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (, ) (VBG ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN )))))))