( ( As ( decomposers ( of ( organic material ) ) ) ) ( , ( they ( ( help ( ( ( ( keep ( ( the soil ) fertile ) ) , ) and ) ( ( recycle ( once-living matter ) ) ( into ( ( valuable nutrients ) ( for plants ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN As) (NP (NP (NNS decomposers)) (PP (IN of) (NP (JJ organic) (NN material))))) (, ,) (NP (PRP they)) (VP (VBP help) (VP (VP (VB keep) (S (NP (DT the) (NN soil)) (ADJP (JJ fertile)))) (, ,) (CC and) (VP (VB recycle) (NP (JJ once-living) (NN matter)) (PP (IN into) (NP (NP (JJ valuable) (NNS nutrients)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NNS plants)))))))) (. .)))
As decomposers of organic material, they help keep the soil fertile, and recycle once-living matter into valuable nutrients for plants.
(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.