… I succeeded in my false career.
( ... ( I ( ( succeeded ( in ( my ( false career ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (: ...) (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBN succeeded) (PP (IN in) (NP (PRP$ my) (JJ false) (NN career)))) (. .)))
I was very good at pretending to work.
( I ( ( was ( very ( good ( at ( pretending ( to work ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP I)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ good) (PP (IN at) (S (VP (VBG pretending) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB work))))))))) (. .)))