She was seriously wounded when she was shot three times attempting to burn down houses on Harcourt Street to try to cut off the retreat of British soldiers who had planted a machine gun post on the roof of the University Church. Nora Connolly describes Skinnider's leading role in this action; In her autobiography ``Doing my bit for Ireland'' (New York -- Century, 1917) Skinnider herself vividly describes her role as a sniper at St. Stephen's Green in the Easter Rising:
She was seriously wounded when she was shot three times attempting to burn down houses on Harcourt Street to try to cut off the retreat of British soldiers who had planted a machine gun post on the roof of the University Church.
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
She
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
seriously
seriously
ADV
RB
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
wound
wounded
VERB
VBN
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
she
she
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
shoot
shot
VERB
VBN
nummod
NumForm=Word|NumType=Card
three
three
NUM
CD
obl:tmod
Number=Plur
time
times
NOUN
NNS
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
attempt
attempting
VERB
VBG
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
burn
burn
VERB
VB
compound:prt
down
down
ADP
RP
obj
Number=Plur
house
houses
NOUN
NNS
case
on
on
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Harcourt
Harcourt
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Street
Street
PROPN
NNP
mark
to
to
PART
TO
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
try
try
VERB
VB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
cut
cut
VERB
VB
compound:prt
off
off
ADP
RP
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
retreat
retreat
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
British
British
ADJ
JJ
nmod
Number=Plur
soldier
soldiers
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
plant
planted
VERB
VBN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
machine
machine
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
gun
gun
NOUN
NN
obj
Number=Sing
post
post
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
roof
roof
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
University
University
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Church
Church
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Nora Connolly describes Skinnider's leading role in this action;
nsubj
Number=Sing
Nora
Nora
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Connolly
Connolly
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
describe
describes
VERB
VBZ
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Skinnider
Skinnider
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
amod
VerbForm=Ger
lead
leading
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
role
role
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Number=Sing|PronType=Dem
this
this
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
action
action
NOUN
NN
punct
;
;
PUNCT
:
In her autobiography ``Doing my bit for Ireland'' (New York -- Century, 1917) Skinnider herself vividly describes her role as a sniper at St. Stephen's Green in the Easter Rising:
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
autobiography
autobiography
NOUN
NN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
do
Doing
VERB
VBG
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
my
my
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
bit
bit
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Ireland
Ireland
PROPN
NNP
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
parataxis
Degree=Pos
New
New
ADJ
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
York
York
PROPN
NNP
punct
--
--
PUNCT
,
dep
Number=Sing
century
Century
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1917
1917
NUM
CD
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
nsubj
Number=Sing
Skinnider
Skinnider
PROPN
NNP
nmod:npmod
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes
herself
herself
PRON
PRP
advmod
vividly
vividly
ADV
RB
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin
describe
describes
VERB
VBZ
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
her
her
PRON
PRP$
obj
Number=Sing
role
role
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
sniper
sniper
NOUN
NN
case
at
at
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
St.
St.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Stephen
Stephen
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nmod
Number=Sing
Green
Green
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Easter
Easter
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Rising
Rising
PROPN
NNP
punct
:
:
PUNCT
: