( Plasma ( ( ( is ( very ( much ( like ( a gas ) ) ) ) ) ( because ( it ( , ( too ( , ( ( does not ) ( have ( ( ( a ( definite shape ) ) nor ) ( definite volume ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ; ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Plasma)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (RB very) (JJ much) (PP (IN like) (NP (DT a) (NN gas)))) (SBAR (IN because) (S (NP (PRP it)) (, ,) (ADVP (RB too)) (, ,) (VP (VBZ does) (RB not) (VP (VB have) (NP (NP (DT a) (JJ definite) (NN shape)) (CC nor) (NP (JJ definite) (NN volume)))))))) (: ;)))
Plasma is very much like a gas because it, too, does not have a definite shape nor definite volume;
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Gas)) (VP (VBZ has) (NP (NP (DT no) (JJ definite) (NN volume)) (CC and) (NP (DT no) (JJ definite) (NN shape)))) (. .)))
Gas has no definite volume and no definite shape.