what little grace ( rifkin 's ) tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics . 
(ROOT (S (NP (SBAR (WHNP (WDT what) (JJ little) (NN grace)) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNP rifkin) (POS 's)) (-RRB- -RRB-) (NN tale)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ precarious) (NML (NN skid) (HYPH -) (NN row)) (NN dignity)))) (VP (VBZ achieves)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN pushed) (PP (IN into) (NP (DT the) (NNS margins))) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (JJ predictable) (NN plotting)) (CC and) (NP (JJ tiresome) (NNS histrionics)))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (S (NP (SBAR (WHNP (WDT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (-LRB- ) (NP (NNP ) (POS )) (-RRB- ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (JJ ) (NML (NN ) (HYPH ) (NN )) (NN )))) (VP (VBZ )) (VP (VBZ ) (VP (VBN ) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NNS ))) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (JJ ) (NN )) (CC ) (NP (JJ ) (NNS )))))) (. )))