( Decomposers ( ( ( ( consume ( ( ( ( ( ( soil ( organic matter ) ) , ) ( plant litter ) ) , ) and ) ( simple ( carbon compounds ) ) ) ) , ) ( ( ( releasing ( the nutrients ) ) ( in ( ( these substances ) ( for use ) ) ) ) ( by ( living plants ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NNS Decomposers)) (VP (VBP consume) (NP (NP (NN soil) (JJ organic) (NN matter)) (, ,) (NP (NN plant) (NN litter)) (, ,) (CC and) (NP (JJ simple) (NN carbon) (NNS compounds))) (, ,) (S (VP (VBG releasing) (NP (DT the) (NNS nutrients)) (PP (IN in) (NP (NP (DT these) (NNS substances)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NN use))))) (PP (IN by) (NP (VBG living) (NNS plants)))))) (. .)))
Decomposers consume soil organic matter, plant litter, and simple carbon compounds, releasing the nutrients in these substances for use by living 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.