( ( In ( ( the absence ) ( of ( ( future qualification ) ( in ( the ( property definition ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ( , ( ( if ( ( this adjustment ) ( is positive ) ) ) ( , ( ( the ( offset object ) ) ( ( will ( be ( ( displaced ( in ( the shift-direction ) ) ) ( by ( ( the distance ) specified ) ) ) ) ) . ) ) ) ) ) )
(ROOT (S (PP (IN In) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN absence)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (JJ future) (NN qualification)) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN property) (NN definition))))))) (, ,) (SBAR (IN if) (S (NP (DT this) (NN adjustment)) (VP (VBZ is) (ADJP (JJ positive))))) (, ,) (NP (DT the) (JJ offset) (NN object)) (VP (MD will) (VP (VB be) (VP (VBN displaced) (PP (IN in) (NP (DT the) (NN shift-direction))) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN distance)) (VP (VBN specified))))))) (. .)))
In the absence of future qualification in the property definition, if this adjustment is positive, the offset object will be displaced in the shift-direction by the distance specified.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Distance)) (VP (VBZ is) (VP (VBN defined) (PP (IN as) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN magnitude) (CC or) (NN size)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (NN displacement)) (PP (IN between) (NP (CD two) (NNS positions))))))))) (. .)))