a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out 
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ scathing) (NN portrayal)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ powerful) (NN entity)) (VP (VBG strangling) (NP (DT the) (NN life)) (ADVP (RB out)))))))
(ROOT (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (PP (IN ) (NP (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (NN )) (VP (VBG ) (NP (DT ) (NN )) (ADVP (RB )))))))