Ferguson was brought in as an opponent for Ray Mercer on the undercard of a Riddick Bowe title defense against Michael Dokes. Mercer was expected to knock Ferguson out and fight Bowe for the title. Instead Mercer showed up ill prepared and Ferguson, perhaps motivated by the big stage, dominated him.
Ferguson was brought in as an opponent for Ray Mercer on the undercard of a Riddick Bowe title defense against Michael Dokes.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Ferguson
Ferguson
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
bring
brought
VERB
VBN
compound:prt
in
in
ADP
RP
case
as
as
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
an
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
opponent
opponent
NOUN
NN
case
for
for
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Ray
Ray
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Mercer
Mercer
PROPN
NNP
case
on
on
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
undercard
undercard
NOUN
NN
case
of
of
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Ind|PronType=Art
a
a
DET
DT
compound
Number=Sing
Riddick
Riddick
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Bowe
Bowe
PROPN
NNP
compound
Number=Sing
title
title
NOUN
NN
nmod
Number=Sing
defense
defense
NOUN
NN
case
against
against
ADP
IN
nmod
Number=Sing
Michael
Michael
PROPN
NNP
flat
Number=Sing
Dokes
Dokes
PROPN
NNP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Mercer was expected to knock Ferguson out and fight Bowe for the title.
nsubj:pass
Number=Sing
Mercer
Mercer
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
expect
expected
VERB
VBN
mark
to
to
PART
TO
xcomp
VerbForm=Inf
knock
knock
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
Ferguson
Ferguson
PROPN
NNP
compound:prt
out
out
ADP
RP
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
conj
VerbForm=Inf
fight
fight
VERB
VB
obj
Number=Sing
Bowe
Bowe
PROPN
NNP
case
for
for
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
obl
Number=Sing
title
title
NOUN
NN
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.
Instead Mercer showed up ill prepared and Ferguson, perhaps motivated by the big stage, dominated him.
advmod
instead
Instead
ADV
RB
nsubj
Number=Sing
Mercer
Mercer
PROPN
NNP
advcl
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
show
showed
VERB
VBD
compound:prt
up
up
ADP
RP
advmod
ill
ill
ADV
RB
xcomp
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
prepare
prepared
VERB
VBN
cc
and
and
CCONJ
CC
nsubj
Number=Sing
Ferguson
Ferguson
PROPN
NNP
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
advmod
perhaps
perhaps
ADV
RB
acl
Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part
motivate
motivated
VERB
VBN
case
by
by
ADP
IN
det
Definite=Def|PronType=Art
the
the
DET
DT
amod
Degree=Pos
big
big
ADJ
JJ
obl:agent
Number=Sing
stage
stage
NOUN
NN
punct
,
,
PUNCT
,
root
Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin
dominate
dominated
VERB
VBD
obj
Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs
he
him
PRON
PRP
punct
.
.
PUNCT
.