More likely, they read wants as meaning `desires' rather than `lacks,' but that might well be a deliberate, facetious ambiguity.
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(ROOT (S (S (ADJP (RBR More) (JJ likely))) (, ,) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP read) (SBAR (SBAR (S (VP (VBZ wants) (PP (IN as) (S (VP (VBG meaning) (ADJP (`` `) (JJ desires) ('' ') (PP (RB rather) (IN than) (ADJP (`` `) (ADJP (JJ lacks)) (, ,) ('' ')))))))))) (CC but) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (MD might) (ADVP (RB well)) (VP (VB be) (NP (DT a) (ADJP (JJ deliberate) (, ,) (JJ facetious)) (NX (NN ambiguity))))))))) (. .)))
They likely read wants as meaning 'desires' rather than 'lacks'.
( They ( likely ( ( read ( wants ( as ( ( ( ( meaning ` ) desires ) ' ) ( rather ( than ( ` ( lacks ' ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (PRP They)) (ADVP (RB likely)) (VP (VBD read) (SBAR (S (VP (VBZ wants) (PP (IN as) (S (VP (VBG meaning) (`` `) (NP (NNS desires)) ('' ') (PP (RB rather) (IN than) (ADJP (`` `) (JJ lacks) ('' ')))))))))) (. .)))