Simple phraseological compound

Nominal verbal

The Simple Predicate

is expressed by a finite verb in a simple or compound tense form. It generally denotes an action (seldom a state).

eg. When he stopped no one said anything.

He had been thinking of letting him escape.

The Phraseological Predicate

is expressed by a phraseological unit where the first component is a finite verb which has lost its concrete meaning to a great extent & a noun which forms one unit with the verb, consequently this noun cannot be treated as an object to the verb.

eg. The girl gave a laugh.

(The girl gave a book to me. - a simple predicate + an object)

Phraseological units may be of two types.

I type a finite verb + a noun formed from the verb & used with the indefinite article	II type a finite verb + an abstract noun usually without any article
have a smoke give a smile give a laugh take a look make a move	get rid get in touch lose sight take care make fun

The Compound Predicate

consists of two parts:

- a finite verb which expresses the verbal categories of mood, tense, aspect, voice, person & number, besides it has a certain lexical meaning of its own;

- some other part of speech (a noun, an adj, a verbal, etc) which is the sifnificant part of the predicate too.

The Compound Nominal Predicate

denotes

- the state or quality or

- the class of persons or things to which this person or thing belings to

consists of a link verb + a predicative (a nominal part)

The link verbs

according to the meaning can be of two types

of being & remaining	of becoming
be, remain, keep, continue, smell, look, seem, appear, stand, sit, lie,shine, etc	become, get, grow, come, go, leave, run, turn, make, etc

eg. He felt exhausted. The door remained open. The flowers smell good.

I got married a year ago. He will make a good husband. The lights turned red.

The link verbs

can completely lose their concrete meaning	can partly preserve their meaning	can fully preserve their meaning
(the verb to be only) The door was open. The student is smart.	The cucumber tastes bitter. He felt bad. She has grown angry. His hair went grey.	She sat silent & motionless. He died a hero. She married young. The moon was shining bright & cold. They met friends & parted enemies. He went home happy.

The Predicative

can be expressed by

1. a noun (in the common or possessive case) or a nominal phrase

eg. She is a pretty child. The book is John's.

A prepositional phrase

eg. I am on your side.

An adjective or an adjectival phrase

eg. She looks awfully bad.

4. a pronoun or a pronominal phrase

personal eg. It was he/ him.

possessive eg. The guns were his.

defining eg. That is all.

indefinite eg. It is something.

negative eg. You are nobody.

interrogative eg. Whatis he?

reflexive eg. She was herself again.

A word of the category of state (a stative)

eg. I am afraid I can't do it.

6. a numeral (cardinal or ordinal) or a numeric phrase

eg. I am only 46. He was the first to break the silence

An infinitive, an infinitive phrase, an for-to infinitive construction

eg. June's first thought was to go away.

June's first thought was to leave the house.

The best thing was for her to go away.

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