--- title: Britain and Ireland: a short story — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Britain and Ireland: a short story», a lesson of the history course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: Britain was settled wave after wave by Celtic Britons, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans, and in modern times by people from al --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/) / Britain and Ireland: a short story # Britain and Ireland: a short story Lesson 37 of the history course of Mova's primary school: 18 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/0/) — Britain was settled wave after wave by Celtic Britons, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans, and in modern times by people from all over the world, so English is a mix of many languages, like a stew with something from everyone who came to dinner. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/1/) — In 1066 William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, and the Bayeux Tapestry tells the story in pictures like a giant embroidered comic strip. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/2/) — In 1215 barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, saying even the king must obey the law, and over centuries Parliament, not the king, came to make the laws. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/3/) — The United Kingdom grew from England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and by 1900 Britain ruled a huge empire, which spread English but also ruled many people without their consent. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/4/) — Ireland has its own long story: monks who made the Book of Kells, the terrible Great Famine, independence in 1922 and peace in Northern Ireland in 1998. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/5/) — Britain was settled over time by Celtic Britons, Romans, Anglo-Saxons, Vikings and Normans, and in modern times by people from all over the world. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/6/) — In 1066 William of Normandy won the Battle of Hastings, where King Harold died, and became king of England; the Bayeux Tapestry tells the story in pictures. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/7/) — After 1066 French became the language of the rulers, and thousands of French words entered English. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/8/) — In 1215 English barons forced King John to accept Magna Carta, which said that even the king must obey the law. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/9/) — After a civil war in the 1640s and later struggles, Parliament, not the king, made the laws, and today Britain has a monarch who reigns and an elected government that rules. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/10/) — England and Wales were joined with Scotland in 1707 and with Ireland in 1801 to make the United Kingdom. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/11/) — The Union Jack combines the crosses of England, Scotland and Ireland; Wales is not shown on it. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/12/) — By 1900 Britain ruled about a quarter of the world's land and people, from India to Africa and Canada, and most colonies became independent in the 1900s. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/13/) — The British Empire spread the English language and British laws, but it also took land and wealth and ruled people without their consent. - [14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/14/) — Irish monks made beautiful books such as the Book of Kells and kept learning alive across Europe, and Saint Patrick is Ireland's patron saint. - [15](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/15/) — From 1845 a potato disease destroyed Ireland's main food; about a million people died in the Great Famine and over a million emigrated, many to America. - [16](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/16/) — Most of Ireland became independent in 1922 while Northern Ireland stayed in the UK, and after years of conflict the Good Friday Agreement of 1998 brought peace. - [17](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/37-britain-and-ireland-a-short-story/17/) — Queen Elizabeth II reigned for 70 years, from 1952 to 2022, longer than any other British monarch, and her son became King Charles III. - ← previous: [Computers and the internet](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/36-computers-and-the-internet/) - next →: [The United States: a short story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/38-the-united-states-a-short-story/) - ↑ back to [History](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/)