( ( ( ( Scientists ( know ( that ( ( acidic water ) ( ( ( dissolves ( ( the ( ( ( nutrients and ) helpful ) minerals ) ) ( in ( the soil ) ) ) ) and ) ( then ( ( ( washes them ) away ) ( before trees ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) and ) ( ( other plants ) ( can ( use ( them ( to grow ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NNS Scientists)) (VP (VBP know) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (JJ acidic) (NN water)) (VP (VP (VBZ dissolves) (NP (NP (DT the) (ADJP (JJ nutrients) (CC and) (JJ helpful)) (NNS minerals)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN soil))))) (CC and) (VP (ADVP (RB then)) (VBZ washes) (NP (PRP them)) (ADVP (RB away)) (PP (IN before) (NP (NNS trees))))))))) (CC and) (S (NP (JJ other) (NNS plants)) (VP (MD can) (VP (VB use) (S (NP (PRP them)) (VP (TO to) (VP (VB grow))))))) (. .)))
Scientists know that acidic water dissolves the nutrients and helpful minerals in the soil and then washes them away before trees and other plants can use them to grow.
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (DT a) (NN forest))) (, ,) (NP (NNS decomposers)) (VP (VBP help) (SBAR (S (NP (JJ other) (NNS organisms)) (VP (VBP survive) (SBAR (S (PP (IN because) (NP (PRP they))) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBD put) (NP (NNS nutrients)) (PP (IN into) (NP (DT the) (NN soil))) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (NNS plants)) (VP (VBP use) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB grow)))))))))))))) (. .)))
In a forest, decomposers help other organisms survive because they they put nutrients into the soil that plants use to grow.