John McCarty, an editor of the Dalhart Texan, formed the Last Man Club in Dalhart, Texas as a mutual support group for those farmers that chose to stay in the drought-swept Great Plains or, as he called it, ``Grab a Root and Growl. Declaring that the plains were ``the best damned country God's sun ever shown upon,'' McCarty published a pledge in the newspaper he worked for, stating that he would stay until everyone else was gone, and he dared others to join him.
John McCarty, an editor of the Dalhart Texan, formed the Last Man Club in Dalhart, Texas as a mutual support group for those farmers that chose to stay in the drought-swept Great Plains or, as he called it, ``Grab a Root and Growl.
nsubj
Number=Sing
John
John
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
McCarty
McCarty
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
appos
Number=Sing
editor
editor
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Dalhart
Dalhart
PROPN
NNP
nmod
Number=Sing
Texan
Texan
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
form
formed
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
last
Last
ADJ
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
Man
Man
PROPN
NNP
obj
Number=Sing
Club
Club
PROPN
NNP
case
in
in
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Dalhart
Dalhart
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
appos
Number=Sing
Texas
Texas
PROPN
NNP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
mutual
mutual
ADJ
JJ
compound
Number=Sing
support
support
NOUN
NN
obl
Number=Sing
group
group
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Number=Plur|PronType=Dem
that
those
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Plur
farmer
farmers
NOUN
NNS
nsubj
PronType=Rel
that
that
PRON
WDT
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
choose
chose
VERB
VBD
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
stay
stay
VERB
VB
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
drought
drought
NOUN
NN
punct
-
-
PUNCT
HYPH
amod
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
sweep
swept
VERB
VBN
amod
Degree=Pos
great
Great
ADJ
NNP
obl
Number=Plur
Plain
Plains
PROPN
NNPS
cc
or
or
CCONJ
CC
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
mark
as
as
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
call
called
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
it
it
PRON
PRP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
conj
Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin
grab
Grab
VERB
VB
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
root
Root
NOUN
NN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
Number=Sing
growl
Growl
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Declaring that the plains were ``the best damned country God's sun ever shown upon,'' McCarty published a pledge in the newspaper he worked for, stating that he would stay until everyone else was gone, and he dared others to join him.
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
declare
Declaring
VERB
VBG
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nsubj
Number=Plur
plain
plains
NOUN
NNS
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
were
AUX
VBD
punct
``
``
PUNCT
``
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Sup
good
best
ADJ
JJS
amod
Degree=Pos
damned
damned
ADJ
JJ
ccomp
Number=Sing
country
country
NOUN
NN
nmod:poss
Number=Sing
God
God
PROPN
NNP
case
's
's
PART
POS
acl:relcl
Number=Sing
sun
sun
NOUN
NN
advmod
ever
ever
ADV
RB
acl:relcl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
show
shown
VERB
VBN
obl
upon
upon
ADP
IN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
punct
''
''
PUNCT
''
nsubj
Number=Sing
McCarty
McCarty
PROPN
NNP
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
publish
published
VERB
VBD
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
obj
Number=Sing
pledge
pledge
NOUN
NN
case
in
in
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
nmod
Number=Sing
newspaper
newspaper
NOUN
NN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
acl:relcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
work
worked
VERB
VBD
obl
for
for
ADP
IN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advcl
VerbForm=Ger
state
stating
VERB
VBG
mark
that
that
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
aux
VerbForm=Fin
would
would
AUX
MD
ccomp
VerbForm=Inf
stay
stay
VERB
VB
mark
until
until
SCONJ
IN
nsubj
Number=Sing|PronType=Tot
everyone
everyone
PRON
NN
amod
Degree=Pos
else
else
ADJ
JJ
cop
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
be
was
AUX
VBD
advcl
Degree=Pos
gone
gone
ADJ
JJ
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
he
PRON
PRP
conj
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
dare
dared
VERB
VBD
obj
Number=Plur
other
others
NOUN
NNS
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
join
join
VERB
VB
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.