More likely, they read wants as meaning `desires' rather than `lacks,' but that might well be a deliberate, facetious ambiguity.
( ( More likely ) ( , ( they ( ( read ( ( ( wants ( as ( meaning ( ` ( ( desires ' ) ( rather ( than ( ` ( ( lacks , ) ' ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) but ) ( that ( ( might well ) ( be ( a ( ( deliberate ( , facetious ) ) ambiguity ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(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))))))))) (. .)))
Wants is not the only word where more than one meaning can be inferred.
( Wants ( ( ( ( is not ) ( the ( only word ) ) ) ( where ( ( ( more ( than one ) ) meaning ) ( can ( be inferred ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Wants)) (VP (VBZ is) (RB not) (NP (DT the) (JJ only) (NN word)) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB where)) (S (NP (QP (JJR more) (IN than) (CD one)) (NN meaning)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN inferred))))))) (. .)))