( ( ( The activities ) ( of ( soil organisms ) ) ) ( ( interact ( in ( ( a ( complex ( food web ) ) ) ( with ( ( some subsisting ) ( on ( ( ( ( living ( ( plants and ) animals ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( herbivores and ) predators ) -RRB- ) ) ) , ) ( ( ( ( others ( ( ( ( ( on ( ( dead ( plant debris ) ) ( -LRB- ( detritivores -RRB- ) ) ) ) , ) ( on fungi ) ) or ) ( on ( ( ( bacteria and ) others ) ( ( ( living off ) ( but not ) ) ( consuming ( their hosts ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -LRB- ) parasites ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NNS activities)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN soil) (NNS organisms)))) (VP (VBP interact) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ complex) (NN food) (NN web)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NP (DT some) (NN subsisting)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (NP (VBG living) (NNS plants) (CC and) (NNS animals)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (NNS herbivores)) (CC and) (NP (NNS predators))) (-RRB- -RRB-))) (, ,) (NP (NP (NP (NNS others)) (PP (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (JJ dead) (NN plant) (NN debris)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNS detritivores)) (-RRB- -RRB-)))) (, ,) (PP (IN on) (NP (NNS fungi))) (CC or) (PP (IN on) (S (NP (NNS bacteria) (CC and) (NNS others)) (VP (VP (VBG living) (PRT (RP off))) (CONJP (CC but) (RB not)) (VP (VBG consuming) (NP (PRP$ their) (NNS hosts)))))))) (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NNS parasites)) (-RRB- -RRB-))))))))) (. .)))
The activities of soil organisms interact in a complex food web with some subsisting on living plants and animals (herbivores and predators), others on dead plant debris (detritivores), on fungi or on bacteria and others living off but not consuming their hosts (parasites).
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Detritivores)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN term)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (NNS decomposers)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (VBP consume) (NP (NP (JJ dead) (NNS leaves)) (, ,) (NP (NN animal) (NNS feces)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (NP (JJ other) (JJ organic) (NN debris)) (VP (VBN collected) (PP (PP (IN on) (NP (DT the) (NN ground))) (CC or) (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN bottom)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN water)))))))))))))))) (. .)))