is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon 
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ is) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB reduce) (NP (NP (NN everything)) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP he)) (VP (VBZ touches))))) (PP (IN to) (NP (DT a) (JJ shrill) (, ,) (JJ didactic) (NN cartoon)))))))))
(ROOT (S (VP (VBZ ) (S (VP (TO ) (VP (VB ) (NP (NP (NN )) (SBAR (S (NP (PRP )) (VP (VBZ ))))) (PP (IN ) (NP (DT ) (JJ ) (, ) (JJ ) (NN )))))))))