Where alternative country runs into trouble is its tendency to ignore what's durable about country in favor of its stereotypical hay-bales-and-whiskey-bottles shtick.
( ( Where ( ( alternative country ) ( runs ( into trouble ) ) ) ) ( ( is ( its ( tendency ( to ( ignore ( what ( 's ( durable ( about ( country ( in ( favor ( of ( its ( stereotypical ( hay-bales-and-whiskey-bottles shtick ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB Where)) (S (NP (JJ alternative) (NN country)) (VP (VBZ runs) (PP (IN into) (NP (NN trouble)))))) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (PRP$ its) (NN tendency) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB ignore) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (VP (VBZ 's) (ADJP (JJ durable) (PP (IN about) (NP (NP (NN country)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (NN favor)) (PP (IN of) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ stereotypical) (JJ hay-bales-and-whiskey-bottles) (NN shtick)))))))))))))))) (. .)))
Country is often associated with things like hay bales and drinking whiskey.
( Country ( ( ( is often ) ( associated ( with ( things ( like ( ( ( hay bales ) and ) ( drinking whiskey ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Country)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADVP (RB often)) (VP (VBN associated) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (NNS things)) (PP (IN like) (NP (NP (NN hay) (NNS bales)) (CC and) (NP (NN drinking) (NN whiskey)))))))) (. .)))