Hand guns of the fourteenth century were equipped with touchholes; in order to discharge such a weapon it was necessary to touch it with a torch.
( ( ( ( ( ( Hand guns ) ( of ( the ( fourteenth century ) ) ) ) ( were ( equipped ( with touchholes ) ) ) ) ; ) ( ( ( in order ) ( to ( discharge ( such ( a weapon ) ) ) ) ) ( it ( was ( necessary ( to ( ( touch it ) ( with ( a torch ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . )
(ROOT (S (S (NP (NP (JJ Hand) (NNS guns)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (JJ fourteenth) (NN century)))) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBN equipped) (PP (IN with) (NP (NNS touchholes)))))) (: ;) (S (SBAR (IN in) (NN order) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB discharge) (NP (PDT such) (DT a) (NN weapon)))))) (NP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD was) (ADJP (JJ necessary) (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB touch) (NP (PRP it)) (PP (IN with) (NP (DT a) (NN torch))))))))) (. .)))
There were touchholes on hand guns in the fourteenth century.
( There ( ( were ( touchholes ( on ( ( hand guns ) ( in ( the ( fourteenth century ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (EX There)) (VP (VBD were) (NP (NP (NNS touchholes)) (PP (IN on) (NP (NP (NN hand) (NNS guns)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ fourteenth) (NN century))))))) (. .)))