(S (S (NP (BASENP (NNP Senator) (NNP Joe) (NNP Ludwig)) (PRN (LRB -LRB-) (NP (BASENP (NNP Labor)) (COMMA ,) (BASENP (NNP Queensland))) (RRB -RRB-))) (VP (VP (VP (VP (VBD asked) (PP (IN of) (NP (NP (BASENP (DT the) (NNP Minister)) (PP (IN for) (BASENP (NNP Justice) (CC and) (NNPS Customs)))) (BASENP (NNP Senator) (NNP Chris) (NNP Ellison))))) (PP (IN in) (BASENP (NNP Question) (NNP Time)))) (SBAR (IN whether) (S (BASENP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD stood) (PP (IN by) (NP (NP (BASENP (PRPD his) (NN claim)) (SBAR (WHNP (WDT that)) (S (BASENP (PRP he)) (VP (VBD made) (BASENP (NN yesterday)))))) (SBAR (IN that) (S (NP (BASENP (DT the) (NN discovery)) (PP (IN of) (BASENP (DT the) (NNP Jian) (NNP Seng)))) (VP (VBD demonstrated) (SBAR (IN that) (S (S (BASENP (DT the) (NNP Australian) (NNP Government)) (VP (VP (VBD had) (PP (IN in) (BASENP (NN place)))) (QTL (DQL ``) (NP (BASENP (ADJP (JJ aerial) (CC and) (JJ maritime)) (NN surveillance)) (SBAR (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB intercept) (NP (BASENP (DT a) (NN vessel)) (PP (IN in) (BASENP (DT these) (NNS circumstances)))))))))))) (CONJP (COMMA ,) (CC and)) (QTR (S (BASENP (DT that)) (VP (VBD was) (VP (VBN done)))) (DQR ''))))))))))))) (CONJP (COMMA ,) (CC and)) (VP (VBD asked) (SBAR (WHADVP (WRB why)) (S (BASENP (PRP it)) (VP (VP (VP (VBD took) (BASENP (DT the) (NNP Government))) (BASENP (NN two) (NNS weeks))) (S (S (VP (TO to) (VP (VB intercept) (BASENP (DT the) (NN vessel))))) (SBAR (IN after) (S (BASENP (PRP it)) (VP (VBD entered) (BASENP (JJ Australian) (NNS waters)))))))))))) (PERIOD .))