He sought without success a commission in the Massachusetts militia, mostly as a formality so that he could present it during his European travels. He continued to write essays (new ones and revisions to older ones), and published an updated version of his 1755 map. In his later years Pownall was introduced to Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan colonial general who favored Latin American independence from Spain.
He sought without success a commission in the Massachusetts militia, mostly as a formality so that he could present it during his European travels.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
seek
sought
VERB
VBD
case
without
without
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
success
success
NOUN
NN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
commission
commission
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Massachusetts
Massachusetts
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
militia
militia
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
mostly
mostly
ADV
RB
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
formality
formality
NOUN
NN
mark
so
so
SCONJ
IN
fixed
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
could
could
AUX
MD
advcl
VerbForm=Inf
present
present
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
case
during
during
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
European
European
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Plur
travel
travels
NOUN
NNS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
He continued to write essays (new ones and revisions to older ones), and published an updated version of his 1755 map.
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
He
PRON
PRP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
continue
continued
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
write
write
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Plur
essay
essays
NOUN
NNS
punct
(
(
PUNCT
-LRB-
amod
Degree=Pos
new
new
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Plur
one
ones
NOUN
NNS
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Plur
revision
revisions
NOUN
NNS
case
to
to
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Cmp
old
older
ADJ
JJR
nmod
Number=Plur
one
ones
NOUN
NNS
punct
)
)
PUNCT
-RRB-
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
publish
published
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
update
updated
VERB
VBN
obj
Number=Sing
version
version
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1755
1755
NUM
CD
nmod
Number=Sing
map
map
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
In his later years Pownall was introduced to Francisco de Miranda, a Venezuelan colonial general who favored Latin American independence from Spain.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Cmp
late
later
ADJ
JJR
obl
Number=Plur
year
years
NOUN
NNS
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Pownall
Pownall
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
introduce
introduced
VERB
VBN
case
to
to
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Francisco
Francisco
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
de
de
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Miranda
Miranda
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
Venezuelan
Venezuelan
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
colonial
colonial
ADJ
JJ
appos
Number=Sing
general
general
NOUN
NN
nsubj
PronType=Rel
who
who
PRON
WP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
favor
favored
VERB
VBD
amod
Degree=Pos
Latin
Latin
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
American
American
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
independence
independence
NOUN
NN
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Spain
Spain
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.