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