William de Alwis (1842--1916) was a Ceylonese artist and entomologist. With his brother George (dates unknown), William made a lasting contribution to the knowledge of the lepidoptera, (butterflies and moths) of Ceylon.
William de Alwis (1842--1916) was a Ceylonese artist and entomologist.
nsubj
Number=Sing
William
William
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
de
de
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Alwis
Alwis
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
nmod:tmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1842
1842
NUM
CD
case
-
-
SYM
SYM
case
-
-
SYM
SYM
nmod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1916
1916
NUM
CD
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Ceylonese
Ceylonese
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
artist
artist
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
entomologist
entomologist
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
With his brother George (dates unknown), William made a lasting contribution to the knowledge of the lepidoptera, (butterflies and moths) of Ceylon.
case
with
With
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
obl
Number=Sing
brother
brother
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
George
George
PROPN
NNP
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
nsubj
Number=Plur
date
dates
NOUN
NNS
amod
Degree=Pos
unknown
unknown
ADJ
JJ
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
William
William
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
lasting
lasting
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
contribution
contribution
NOUN
NN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
knowledge
knowledge
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
lepidoptera
lepidoptera
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
appos
Number=Plur
butterfly
butterflies
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
moth
moths
NOUN
NNS
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Ceylon
Ceylon
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.