flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong 
(ROOT (VP (VBD flopped) (ADVP (ADVP (RB as) (RB surely)) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN soufflé)) (VP (VBN gone) (ADJP (JJ wrong))))))))
(ROOT (VP (VBD ) (ADVP (ADVP (RB ) (RB )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (VP (VBN ) (ADJP (JJ ))))))))