The centralization dear to Richelieu and Louis XIV was becoming a reality.
( ( ( The ( centralization dear ) ) ( to ( Richelieu ( and ( Louis XIV ) ) ) ) ) ( ( was ( becoming ( a reality ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN centralization) (NN dear)) (PP (TO to) (NP (NNP Richelieu) (CC and) (NNP Louis) (NNP XIV)))) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBG becoming) (NP (DT a) (NN reality)))) (. .)))
Louis XIV was against centralization.
( ( Louis XIV ) ( ( was ( against centralization ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Louis) (NNP XIV)) (VP (VBD was) (PP (IN against) (NP (NN centralization)))) (. .)))