( ( Mycorrhizal fungi ) ( ( ( ( grow ( on ( ( the roots ) ( of plants ) ) ) ) , ) ( helping ( ( the plants ) ( ( absorb nutrients ) ( in ( the soil ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (JJ Mycorrhizal) (NNS fungi)) (VP (VBP grow) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (DT the) (NNS roots)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NNS plants))))) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG helping) (S (NP (DT the) (NNS plants)) (VP (VB absorb) (NP (NNS nutrients)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN soil)))))))) (. .)))
Mycorrhizal fungi grow on the roots of plants, helping the plants absorb nutrients in the soil.
(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.