( ( As ( ( ( the speed ) ( of ( the water ) ) ) ( slows ( as ( ( the slope ) decreases ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( ( ( the ( ( ( larger and ) larger ) pieces ) ) ( of sediment ) ) ( ( are ( ( ( ( ( settled out ) ( of ( the water ) ) ) ( by ( ( the force ) ( of gravity ) ) ) ) , ) ( becoming ( ( deposited someplace ) else ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (SBAR (IN As) (S (NP (NP (DT the) (NN speed)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN water)))) (VP (VBZ slows) (SBAR (IN as) (S (NP (DT the) (NN slope)) (VP (VBZ decreases))))))) (, ,) (NP (NP (DT the) (ADJP (JJR larger) (CC and) (JJR larger)) (NNS pieces)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN sediment)))) (VP (VBP are) (VP (VBN settled) (PRT (RP out)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN water))) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN force)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN gravity))))) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG becoming) (S (NP (JJ deposited) (NN someplace)) (ADJP (RB else))))))) (. .)))
As the speed of the water slows as the slope decreases, the larger and larger pieces of sediment are settled out of the water by the force of gravity, becoming deposited someplace else.
(ROOT (S (PP (IN As) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN temperature)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN water) (NNS decreases))))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (NN water) (NNS molecules)) (VP (VB slow) (PRT (RP down))) (. .)))