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 gavea 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 smokegive 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