( DECOMPOSERS ( ( are ( ( ( a ( special type ) ) ( of consumer ) ) ( that ( can ( ( ( eat ( ( dead ( , ( organic matter ) ) ) ( -LRB- ( ( ( detritus , ) carrion ) -RRB- ) ) ) ) and ) ( ( ( convert it ) back ) ( into ( its ( inorganic components ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS DECOMPOSERS)) (VP (VBP are) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ special) (NN type)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NN consumer))) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (VP (MD can) (VP (VP (VB eat) (NP (NP (JJ dead) (, ,) (JJ organic) (NN matter)) (PRN (-LRB- -LRB-) (NP (NP (NNS detritus)) (, ,) (NP (NN carrion))) (-RRB- -RRB-)))) (CC and) (VP (VB convert) (NP (PRP it)) (PRT (RP back)) (PP (IN into) (NP (PRP$ its) (JJ inorganic) (NNS components)))))))))) (. .)))
DECOMPOSERS are a special type of consumer that can eat dead, organic matter (detritus, carrion) and convert it back into its inorganic components.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Decomposers)) (VP (VBP release) (NP (JJ inorganic) (NNS molecules)) (SBAR (IN once) (S (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP have) (VP (VBN broken) (PRT (RP down)) (NP (DT the) (JJ dead) (NNS organisms))))))) (. .)))