( ( As ( it grows ) ) ( , ( ( the mycelium ) ( ( ( ( ( uses up ) ( all ( of ( ( the nutrients ) ( in ( the soil ) ) ) ) ) ) , ) ( starving ( the grass ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN As) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ grows)))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NN mycelium)) (VP (VBZ uses) (PRT (RP up)) (NP (NP (DT all)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS nutrients)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN soil)))))) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG starving) (NP (DT the) (NN grass))))) (. .)))
As it grows, the mycelium uses up all of the nutrients in the soil, starving the grass.
(ROOT (S (S (VP (VBG Using) (NP (NNS nutrients) (CC and) (VBG growing)))) (VP (VBP are) (ADJP (JJ common) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT all) (VBG living) (NNS things))))) (. .)))
Using nutrients and growing are common to all living things.