views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ views) (NP (JJ youthful) (NN affluence)) (PP (RB not) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT a) (VBN lost) (NN ideal)) (CC but) (NP (DT a) (VBG starting) (NN point))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (NP (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (RB ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (VBN ) (NN )) (CC ) (NP (DT ) (VBG ) (NN ))))))))