Soon it brushes up against vital organs and, by competing for bodily resources, shuts it down, the way a weed steals water from its neighbor.
(it; brushes up; against vital organs; T:Soon) (it; shuts down; it) (a weed; steals; water; from its neighbor)
it it a weed
brushes up shuts down steals
against vital organs T:Soon
it
water from its neighbor