His form was rewarded when he was voted on to the League of Ireland Premier Division Team for 2008, receiving 59% of the votes for the centre back position. After rejecting a new deal with the club, Burns reunited with former boss Sean Connor at Dundalk for the 2009 season. Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Burns had been training with Shamrock Rovers with the aim of joining them, but after the signing of Dan Murray Burns was not going to be offered a contract, so he re-signed for Dundalk and was named captain.
His form was rewarded when he was voted on to the League of Ireland Premier Division Team for 2008, receiving 59% of the votes for the centre back position.
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
His
PRON
PRP$
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
form
form
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
reward
rewarded
VERB
VBN
advmod
PronType=Int
when
when
ADV
WRB
nsubj:pass
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
vote
voted
VERB
VBN
advmod
on
on
ADV
RB
case
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
League
League
PROPN
NNP
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Ireland
Ireland
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Premier
Premier
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
division
Division
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Sing
Team
Team
PROPN
NNP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2008
2008
NUM
CD
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
receive
receiving
VERB
VBG
nummod
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
59
59
NUM
CD
obj
Number=Sing
%
%
SYM
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
vote
votes
NOUN
NNS
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
centre
centre
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
back
back
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
position
position
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
After rejecting a new deal with the club, Burns reunited with former boss Sean Connor at Dundalk for the 2009 season.
mark
after
After
SCONJ
IN
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
reject
rejecting
VERB
VBG
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
new
new
ADJ
JJ
obj
Number=Sing
deal
deal
NOUN
NN
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
club
club
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Burns
Burns
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
reunite
reunited
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
amod
Degree=Pos
former
former
ADJ
JJ
obl
Number=Sing
boss
boss
NOUN
NN
appos
Number=Sing
Sean
Sean
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Connor
Connor
PROPN
NNP
case
at
at
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Dundalk
Dundalk
PROPN
NNP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2009
2009
NUM
CD
obl
Number=Sing
season
season
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Prior to the start of the 2010 season, Burns had been training with Shamrock Rovers with the aim of joining them, but after the signing of Dan Murray Burns was not going to be offered a contract, so he re-signed for Dundalk and was named captain.
case
Degree=Pos
prior
Prior
ADJ
JJ
fixed
to
to
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
start
start
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
2010
2010
NUM
CD
nmod
Number=Sing
season
season
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Burns
Burns
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
have
had
AUX
VBD
aux
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
be
been
AUX
VBN
root
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
train
training
VERB
VBG
case
with
with
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
Shamrock
Shamrock
PROPN
NNP
obl
Number=Plur
Rovers
Rovers
PROPN
NNPS
case
with
with
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
aim
aim
NOUN
NN
mark
of
of
SCONJ
IN
acl
VerbForm=Ger
join
joining
VERB
VBG
obj
Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs
they
them
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
case
after
after
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
signing
signing
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Dan
Dan
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Murray
Murray
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Burns
Burns
PROPN
NNP
aux
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
conj
Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part
go
going
VERB
VBG
mark
to
to
PART
TO
aux:pass
VerbForm=Inf
be
be
AUX
VB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
offer
offered
VERB
VBN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
contract
contract
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
so
so
ADV
RB
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
parataxis
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
re-sign
re-signed
VERB
VBD
case
for
for
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Dundalk
Dundalk
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
aux:pass
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
conj
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass
name
named
VERB
VBN
xcomp
Number=Sing
captain
captain
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.