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