( Carbon ( ( ( ( ( is ( element ( number 6 ) ) ) and ) ( is ( ( the basis ) ( for ( ( the chemistry ) ( of ( ( nearly ( all life ) ) ( here ( on earth ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( so ( it ( ( is ( no wonder ) ) ( that ( ( its chemistry ) ( ( was first ) ( ( associated only ) ( with life ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Carbon)) (VP (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NN element) (NN number) (CD 6))) (CC and) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN basis)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN chemistry)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (RB nearly) (DT all) (NN life)) (PP (ADVP (RB here)) (IN on) (NP (NN earth))))))))) (SBAR (IN so) (S (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (DT no) (NN wonder)) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (PRP$ its) (NN chemistry)) (VP (VBD was) (ADVP (RB first)) (VP (VBN associated) (ADVP (RB only)) (PP (IN with) (NP (NN life))))))))))) (. .)))
Carbon is element number 6 and is  the basis for the chemistry of nearly all life here on earth so it is no wonder that its chemistry was first associated only with life.
(ROOT (S (NP (DT All) (NN life)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN built) (PP (IN around) (NP (DT the) (NN element) (NN carbon))))) (. .)))