( ( A ( life cycle ) ) ( ( is ( ( the sequence ) ( of ( stages ( ( an organisms ) ( goes ( through ( from ( ( one generation ) ( to ( the next ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (DT A) (NN life) (NN cycle)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN sequence)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NNS stages)) (SBAR (S (NP (DT an) (NNS organisms)) (VP (VBZ goes) (PP (IN through) (IN from) (NP (NP (CD one) (NN generation)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (JJ next)))))))))))) (. .)))
A life cycle is the sequence of stages an organisms goes through from one generation to the next.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Life) (NN cycle)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN term)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN span)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN life)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT an) (NN organism)) (PP (IN from) (NP (NP (CD one) (NN generation)) (PP (TO to) (NP (DT the) (JJ next))))))))))))) (. .)))