( ( ( The ( fuze delay ) ) ( of ( ( the ( standard ( German projectiles ) ) ) ( of ( the time ) ) ) ) ) ( ( was ( ( ( ( approximately 0.035 ) seconds ) , ) ( which ( ( at ( ( the range ) ( ( at which ) ( Hood ( was struck ) ) ) ) ) ( ( corresponds ( to ( ( a distance ) ( of ( ( only ( about 19 ) ) meters ) ) ) ) ) ( even ( if ( ( the projectile ) ( were ( traveling ( in air ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) . ) )
(ROOT (S (NP (NP (DT The) (JJ fuze) (NN delay)) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ standard) (JJ German) (NNS projectiles)) (PP (IN of) (NP (DT the) (NN time)))))) (VP (VBD was) (NP (NP (QP (RB approximately) (CD 0.035)) (NNS seconds)) (, ,) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT which)) (S (PP (IN at) (NP (NP (DT the) (NN range)) (SBAR (WHPP (IN at) (WHNP (WDT which))) (S (NP (NNP Hood)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN struck))))))) (VP (VBZ corresponds) (PP (TO to) (NP (NP (DT a) (NN distance)) (PP (IN of) (NP (QP (RB only) (RB about) (CD 19)) (NNS meters))))) (SBAR (RB even) (IN if) (S (NP (DT the) (NN projectile)) (VP (VBD were) (VP (VBG traveling) (PP (IN in) (NP (NN air)))))))))))) (. .)))
The fuze delay of the standard German projectiles of the time was approximately 0.035 seconds, which at the range at which Hood was struck corresponds to a distance of only about 19 meters even if the projectile were traveling in air.
(ROOT (S (NP (NNP Range)) (VP (VBZ is) (NP (NP (DT the) (JJ maximum) (JJ horizontal) (NN distance)) (VP (VBN traveled) (PP (IN by) (NP (DT a) (NN projectile)))))) (. .)))
Range is the maximum horizontal distance traveled by a projectile.