Lenient  --lenient, you know.
( ( ( Lenient -- ) lenient ) ( , ( you ( know . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (S (VP (VB Lenient) (: --) (ADVP (RB lenient)))) (, ,) (NP (PRP you)) (VP (VBP know)) (. .)))
The teachers weren't nearly as strict about attendance.
( ( The teachers ) ( ( ( ( were n't ) ( nearly ( as strict ) ) ) ( about attendance ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT The) (NNS teachers)) (VP (VBD were) (RB n't) (NP (RB nearly) (RB as) (JJ strict)) (PP (IN about) (NP (NN attendance)))) (. .)))