an effective portrait of a life in stasis -- of the power of inertia to arrest development in a dead-end existence . 
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT an) (JJ effective) (NN portrait)) (PP (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN life)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN stasis))))) (, --) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN power)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN inertia))) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB arrest) (NP (NP (NN development)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT a) (NML (JJ dead) (HYPH -) (NN end)) (NN existence)))))))))) (. .)))
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ))))) (, ) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NN ))) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (NML (JJ ) (HYPH ) (NN )) (NN )))))))))) (. )))