Newport Gwent Dragons captain Lee Byrne was forced to retire in April 2015 after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. It was announced in July 2015 that Welsh international T. Rhys Thomas would captain the side for the 2015--16 season. Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones missed the start of the season while playing for Wales at the World Cup. In his absence, the side was captained by Lloyd Ashley.
Newport Gwent Dragons captain Lee Byrne was forced to retire in April 2015 after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury.
compound
Number=Sing
Newport
Newport
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Gwent
Gwent
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Plur
Dragon
Dragons
PROPN
NNPS
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
captain
captain
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Lee
Lee
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Byrne
Byrne
PROPN
NNP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
force
forced
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
retire
retire
VERB
VB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
April
April
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2015
2015
NUM
CD
mark
after
after
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
fail
failed
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
recover
recover
VERB
VB
case
from
from
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
shoulder
shoulder
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
injury
injury
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
It was announced in July 2015 that Welsh international T. Rhys Thomas would captain the side for the 2015--16 season.
expl
Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
It
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
announce
announced
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
July
July
PROPN
NNP
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2015
2015
NUM
CD
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
welsh
Welsh
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
international
international
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
T.
T.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Rhys
Rhys
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Thomas
Thomas
PROPN
NNP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
csubj:pass
VerbForm=Inf
captain
captain
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
side
side
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2015
2015
NUM
CD
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
16
16
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
season
season
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Ospreys captain Alun Wyn Jones missed the start of the season while playing for Wales at the World Cup.
compound
Number=Plur
Ospreys
Ospreys
PROPN
NNPS
nsubj
Number=Sing
captain
captain
NOUN
NN
flat
Number=Sing
Alun
Alun
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Wyn
Wyn
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Jones
Jones
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
miss
missed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
start
start
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
season
season
NOUN
NN
mark
while
while
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
play
playing
VERB
VBG
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Wales
Wales
PROPN
NNP
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
World
World
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Cup
Cup
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In his absence, the side was captained by Lloyd Ashley.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
absence
absence
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
side
side
NOUN
NN
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
captain
captained
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
obl:agent
Number=Sing
Lloyd
Lloyd
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Ashley
Ashley
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.