Aside from Clinton, he was the only original member of the Parliaments not to leave in 1977. In the eighties, Davis recorded and toured with George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars in support of ``Atomic Dog'' and with Zapp in support of ``I Can Make You Dance'', but his vocal range made him an obvious choice as replacement bass vocalist for Melvin Franklin in the Temptations.
Aside from Clinton, he was the only original member of the Parliaments not to leave in 1977.
advmod
aside
Aside
ADV
RB
case
from
from
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
Clinton
Clinton
PROPN
NNP
punct
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,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
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DT
amod
Degree=Pos
only
only
ADJ
JJ
amod
Degree=Pos
original
original
ADJ
JJ
root
Number=Sing
member
member
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
Parliament
Parliaments
PROPN
NNPS
advmod
not
not
PART
RB
mark
to
to
PART
TO
acl
VerbForm=Inf
leave
leave
VERB
VB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card
1977
1977
NUM
CD
punct
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PUNCT
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In the eighties, Davis recorded and toured with George Clinton and the P-Funk Allstars in support of ``Atomic Dog'' and with Zapp in support of ``I Can Make You Dance'', but his vocal range made him an obvious choice as replacement bass vocalist for Melvin Franklin in the Temptations.
case
in
In
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Plur
eighties
eighties
NOUN
NNS
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
nsubj
Number=Sing
Davis
Davis
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
record
recorded
VERB
VBD
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
tour
toured
VERB
VBD
case
with
with
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
George
George
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Clinton
Clinton
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
conj
Number=Sing
P
P
PROPN
NNP
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
flat
Number=Sing
Funk
Funk
PROPN
NNP
conj
Number=Sing
Allstars
Allstars
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
obl
Number=Sing
support
support
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
amod
Degree=Pos
Atomic
Atomic
ADJ
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Dog''
Dog''
PROPN
NNP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
case
with
with
ADP
IN
conj
Number=Sing
Zapp
Zapp
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
support
support
NOUN
NN
mark
of
of
ADP
IN
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
nsubj
Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs
I
I
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
can
Can
AUX
MD
acl
VerbForm=Inf
make
Make
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs
you
You
PRON
PRP
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
dance
Dance
VERB
VB
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
but
but
CCONJ
CC
nmod:poss
Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs
his
his
PRON
PRP$
amod
Degree=Pos
vocal
vocal
ADJ
JJ
nsubj
Number=Sing
range
range
NOUN
NN
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
make
made
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
obvious
obvious
ADJ
JJ
xcomp
Number=Sing
choice
choice
NOUN
NN
case
as
as
ADP
IN
compound
Number=Sing
replacement
replacement
NOUN
NN
compound
Number=Sing
bass
bass
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
vocalist
vocalist
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Melvin
Melvin
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Franklin
Franklin
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
Temptation
Temptations
PROPN
NNPS
punct
.
.
PUNCT
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