are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ true) (PP (IN to) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN essence)) (PP (IN of) (SBAR (WHNP (WP what)) (S (NP (NP (PRP it))) (VP (VBZ is) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB be) (UH ya-) (PRP ya))))))))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBP ) (ADJP (JJ ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (SBAR (WHNP (WP )) (S (NP (NP (PRP ))) (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (UH ) (PRP ))))))))))))))