On August 26, 1831, Biddle's brother, Thomas, a War of 1812 veteran, was killed in a duel on Bloody Island (Mississippi River) at St. Louis, Missouri with Congressman Spencer Pettis. Thomas had taken offense to Pettis' criticizing Nicholas at the bank. After an exchange of letters to the editor Biddle accosted an ill Pettis in his hotel room.
On August 26, 1831, Biddle's brother, Thomas, a War of 1812 veteran, was killed in a duel on Bloody Island (Mississippi River) at St. Louis, Missouri with Congressman Spencer Pettis.
case
on
On
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
August
August
PROPN
NNP
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
26
26
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1831
1831
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Biddle
Biddle
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Thomas
Thomas
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
War
War
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1812
1812
NUM
CD
nmod
Number=Sing
veteran
veteran
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
kill
killed
VERB
VBN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
duel
duel
NOUN
NN
case
on
on
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
bloody
Bloody
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Island
Island
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
compound
Number=Sing
Mississippi
Mississippi
PROPN
NNP
appos
Number=Sing
River
River
PROPN
NNP
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
case
at
at
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
St.
St.
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Louis
Louis
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Missouri
Missouri
PROPN
NNP
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Congressman
Congressman
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Spencer
Spencer
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Pettis
Pettis
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Thomas had taken offense to Pettis' criticizing Nicholas at the bank.
nsubj
Number=Sing
Thomas
Thomas
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
root
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
take
taken
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Sing
offense
offense
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
Pettis
Pettis
PROPN
NNP
case
's
'
PART
POS
obl
VerbForm=Ger
criticize
criticizing
VERB
VBG
obj
Number=Sing
Nicholas
Nicholas
PROPN
NNP
case
at
at
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
bank
bank
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
After an exchange of letters to the editor Biddle accosted an ill Pettis in his hotel room.
case
after
After
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
exchange
exchange
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Plur
letter
letters
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
editor
editor
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Number=Sing
Biddle
Biddle
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
accost
accosted
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
ill
ill
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
Pettis
Pettis
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
Number=Sing
hotel
hotel
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
room
room
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.