NEH-supported exhibitions were distinguished by their elaborate wall panels--educational maps, photomurals, stenciled treatises--which competed with the objects themselves for space and attention.
( ( NEH-supported exhibitions ) ( ( were ( distinguished ( by ( ( ( their ( elaborate ( wall panels ) ) ) ( -- ( ( ( ( ( ( educational maps ) , ) photomurals ) , ) ( stenciled treatises ) ) -- ) ) ) ( which ( ( competed ( with ( ( the objects ) themselves ) ) ) ( for ( ( space and ) attention ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ NEH-supported) (NNS exhibitions)) (VP (VBD were) (ADJP (JJ distinguished) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (PRP$ their) (JJ elaborate) (NN wall) (NNS panels)) (PRN (: --) (NP (NP (JJ educational) (NNS maps)) (, ,) (NP (NNS photomurals)) (, ,) (NP (JJ stenciled) (NNS treatises))) (: --)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (VP (VBD competed) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS objects)) (ADVP (PRP themselves)))) (PP (IN for) (NP (NN space) (CC and) (NN attention)))))))))) (. .)))
The exhibition was too bare and too boring. 
( ( The exhibition ) ( ( was ( ( ( too bare ) and ) ( too boring ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NN exhibition)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (ADJP (RB too) (JJ bare)) (CC and) (ADJP (RB too) (VBG boring)))) (. .)))