piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying . 
(ROOT (S (ADJP (RB piercingly) (VBG affecting)) (, ...) (SBAR (IN while) (S (ADVP (RB clearly)) (NP (DT a) (JJ manipulative) (NN film)))) (, ,) (VP (VBZ emerges) (PP (IN as) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ powerful)) (CONJP (RB rather) (IN than)) (ADJP (VBG cloying))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (ADJP (RB ) (VBG )) (, ) (SBAR (IN ) (S (ADVP (RB )) (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )))) (, ) (VP (VBZ ) (PP (IN ) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ )) (CONJP (RB ) (IN )) (ADJP (VBG ))))) (. )))