( There ( ( are ( ( more ( carbon compounds ) ) ( than ( there ( are ( compounds ( of ( ( all ( other elements ) ) combined ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (JJR more) (NN carbon) (NNS compounds)) (SBAR (IN than) (S (NP (EX there)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (NNS compounds)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT all) (JJ other) (NNS elements)) (VP (VBN combined)))))))))) (. .)))
There are more carbon compounds than there are compounds of all other elements combined.
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (NNS Compounds)) (VP (VBG containing) (NP (DT the) (NN element) (NN carbon)))) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN basis)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT all) (VBN known) (NN life))))) (. .)))
Compounds containing the element carbon are the basis of all known life.