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))))))))) (. .)))
The hand guns in the fourteenth century had no need for touchholes.
( ( ( The ( hand guns ) ) ( in ( the ( fourteenth century ) ) ) ) ( ( had ( ( no need ) ( for touchholes ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (NN hand) (NNS guns)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (JJ fourteenth) (NN century)))) (VP (VBD had) (NP (NP (DT no) (NN need)) (PP (IN for) (NP (NNS touchholes))))) (. .)))