It will basically die because the sun gives light to the plant and the water rises to the step and so the the plant isn't too wet the sun balances the scale the plant is supposed to have and supplies the dryness of the water!
The plant will get sunburnt and can actually die
the plant that gets direct sunlight
Due to photosynthesis, plants need both sunlight and water. The answer to your question is no. Without both sunlight and water, the plant would die. If you want to do some science, you could plant three of the exact plant and one gets water, one gets sunlight and another gets both. You'll be able to see that if you both water and give them sunlight, they will grow the fastest.
Too much water and it will become root-bound ... the ground surrounding the plant will get moldy and then stricken the plant with diseases. Don't think a plant can get too much sunlight ... there's a difference between "sunlight" and "full sun". Sunlight is somewhat diffused.
A plant gets its energy from sugar that it makes. The roots get water and vitamins/minerals from the soil and the leaves convert carbon dioxide from the air and sunlight into sugar that feeds the plant.
it gets reflected
All plants need sunlight so, none
it dies
It grows!
it gets its food from the sunlight
by the amount of it in the plant and how much sunlight it gets
A plant cell gets energy from the leaves that absorbs sunlight.