Marilyn Manson is darker, more serious, and more vicious than Alice Cooper was.
( ( Marilyn Manson ) ( ( ( is ( ( ( ( ( darker , ) ( more serious ) ) , ) and ) ( more vicious ) ) ) ( than ( ( Alice Cooper ) was ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Marilyn) (NNP Manson)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (ADJP (JJ darker)) (, ,) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ serious)) (, ,) (CC and) (ADJP (RBR more) (JJ vicious))) (SBAR (IN than) (S (NP (NNP Alice) (NNP Cooper)) (VP (VBD was))))) (. .)))
Marilyn Manson and Alice Cooper are some of the nicest people around.
( ( Marilyn ( Manson ( and ( Alice Cooper ) ) ) ) ( ( ( are ( some ( of ( the ( nicest people ) ) ) ) ) around ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Marilyn) (NNP Manson) (CC and) (NNP Alice) (NNP Cooper)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (DT some)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ nicest) (NNS people)))) (ADVP (RB around))) (. .)))