Adjective as predicate examples. Compound nominal predicate: examples

In this article we will talk about the types of predicates, dwell in detail on the compound nominal and its connectives, and give examples.

As you know, the predicate and subject are the main members. The predicate usually agrees in person, gender and number with the subject. It expresses the grammatical meaning of the indicative, imperative or conditional mood.

Main types of predicates:

1) simple verb;

2) compound verb;

3) compound nominal predicate (see examples below).

Two principles for identifying types of predicates

They are divided according to two principles. The types of predicates are classified as follows:

1) by composition;

2) by their morphological nature.

In the first case, types such as simple and compound are distinguished. The latter includes compound nominal and verbal predicates. Based on the second principle, nominal and verbal are distinguished. The nominal part of a compound predicate can be expressed as an adjective, noun and adverb. These divisions intersect. Thus, a verbal predicate can be compound or simple, but a nominal predicate is always compound.

Simple verb predicate

The definition of which, as you will see, has some nuances, expresses the verb in conjugated form, that is, used in the form of the mood (indicative, conditional or imperative). It also includes those options that do not have a formal indicator of tense, mood and subordination to the subject. These are truncated ones (grab, push, bam, etc.), as well as the infinitive used in the indicative mood. In addition, a simple verbal predicate can also be represented by the conjugated form of the verb + (come on, yes, let, let, as if, it was, as if, exactly, as if, just, etc.)

Compound nominal predicate

As already mentioned, the nominal type is always compound, including those cases when it is represented by only one word form. Despite the fact that there is only one word expressing it, in such sentences there is a compound nominal predicate. We give the following examples: “He is young. He is worried about his work and worries.”

Such predicates always have two components. The first is a copula that expresses predicative categories of time and modality. The second is the connecting part, it indicates the real main content of this type of predicate.

Copula in a compound nominal predicate

The doctrine of the copula in the Russian science of syntax has been developed in detail. The peculiarity of the traditional approach is that this term is understood broadly. Firstly, the copula is the word “to be”, the only meaning of which is an indication of tense and modality. Secondly, it refers to verbs with a modified and weakened meaning to one degree or another, which express not only predicative categories, but also put material content into such a predicate.

Compare examples: he was sad - he seemed (became) sad - he came back sad.

In the first sentence, the connective “to be” is abstract, it is a function word, a formant, which has grammatical forms of tense and mood, which is characteristic of a verb. However, it is not a verb, since it does not have a procedural action or attribute, as well as the category of aspect that any of them possesses.

Notable and semi-nominal connectives

Other examples present connectives of a different type - denominative and semi-nominal. The latter introduce the meaning of the emergence of a feature (to become/become), its preservation (to remain/to remain), external detection (to appear/to seem), the inclusion of an external carrier (to be known/to be known, to be called, to be considered) into a compound nominal predicate.

The following examples can be given: he became smart - he remained smart - he seemed smart - he was known as smart.

Significant connectives are verbs with a definite, specific meaning (mostly denoting movement or being in a particular state). They are able to attach to themselves either a noun in the etc. with the meaning of a qualitative characteristic, or an adjective in the form T.p. or I.p.

Sentences with a compound nominal predicate with significant connectives can be given as examples:

1. He came hungry (hungry).

2. The boys remained tomboys.

Connection "to be"

The connective “to be,” being abstract, does not have a present tense form in the indicative mood, therefore its expression in this mood is the very absence of the connective. Such sentences, oddly enough, also have a compound nominal predicate. Examples:

1. It's in vain.

2. The evening is wonderful.

3. The road is good.

The verb “to be”, which has two meanings, should be distinguished from the copula:

1. To be present (We were in the theater. There were many performances at that time).

2. Have (my sister had a doll).

Connections "essence" and "is"

The words “essence” and “is,” which go back to the third person present tense forms of the verb “to be,” are considered in modern language to be service words, namely, particles.

The absence of a connective is called its zero form. This definition was formulated by A. M. Peshkovsky; it was the first attempt to study syntactic phenomena in a paradigmatic aspect. The introduction of this concept means that a syntactic construction (that is, the predicative basis of a certain nominal is studied not as such separately, but in a certain series. This is illustrated by the following examples:

1. The street will (was) crowded.

2. The street would be crowded.

3. The street is crowded.

Compound verb predicate

We looked at such types of predicates as simple verb and compound nominal. Let us now dwell in more detail on the compound verbal predicate. It includes two components - the infinitive and the conjugated verb form. The latter, with its grammatical form and lexical meaning, expresses the temporal, modal and aspectual characteristics of some action, which is indicated by the infinitive. The infinitive can be attached to verbs belonging to several semantic groups (wanted to work, started working, came to work, forced to work).

Rules for determining a compound verbal predicate

A compound predicate, according to grammatical tradition, is not any compound with the infinitive of the conjugated form. In order to be able to talk about it, two requirements must be met:

1. The infinitive in such a predicate does not denote any action, but only a certain substance, the same as the conjugated verbal form, that is, some object called the subject.

The following examples can be given. On the one hand, he wanted to work, he started working, he can work, he knows how to work. On the other hand, his parents forced him to work, everyone asked the girl to sing, the boss ordered him to complete the task. In the first case, in which compound verbal predicates are presented, the infinitive is usually called subjective, since it denotes the action of some substance, the same as the conjugated verbal form. In the second case, there is an objective infinitive, which is traditionally not included in the compound predicate, but is spoken of as a secondary member.

2. When determining the boundaries of a compound predicate, one should take into account the nature of the semantic relationship between the infinitive and the conjugated verbal form. The infinitive with the meaning of purpose is not included in it. It has this meaning with various verbs of motion: I came to work, I came to chat, I came running to find out, I was sent to find out. The infinitive of the goal (which can be, as is clear from the examples, both objective and subjective) is a minor member. Only compounds of the infinitive with verbs that are the most abstract in meaning (with modal and phase verbs) should be considered compound predicates.

The compound verbal predicate is thus understood as a designation of an action, some procedural feature, which is characterized in aspectual (started to work) or modal (wanted to work) terms, or simultaneously in both of them (wanted to start working).

We examined the main types of predicates, dwelling in detail on the compound nominal and the various connectives that are present in it. This is just a brief overview of this topic; more detailed information can be found in any grammar textbook in the section on syntax.

It is made up of a nominal part and a linking verb. The linking verb may not be materially expressed. It may be zero. Summer is rainy.

There are 3 types of verb connectives

1) linking verb “to be”, standing in any tense and mood. This connective in its pure form is devoid of its lexical meaning. Can only indicate the grammatical meaning of mood, tense, person, gender or pure.

I was here = was. The summer was rainy.

2) semi-nominal verbal connectives, their lexical meaning is weakened; verbs with a phase meaning, with a modal meaning, as well as a semi-nominal meaning: to be considered, to introduce oneself, to be called, to appear, etc.. The child seems sick.

3) full-nominal verbs. Usually verbs of motion or state. Katya returned from her walk joyfully.

Linking verb function in SIS:

1) express modality and syntactic tense

2) They connect the predicate with the subject

3) Semi-nominal and full-nominal connectives participate in the formation of the lexical meaning of the predicate.

1) an adjective in full or short form in the positive, comparative or superlative degree.

He was sick.(i.p.) He seems sick. (Semi-nominal copula + instrumental case)

2) a noun, most often in the nominative case, but can be in the instrumental and other case forms. My brother, teacher. Brother is a teacher.

3) the nominal part of speech can be expressed by a participle. Passive past participles in the marginal form are most often used. The picture has been painted.

4) the nominal part can be expressed as a numeral. Two times two equals four.

5) can be expressed as an indivisible phrase. The boy was about ten years old.

6) pronouns of various categories. What date is today? Petrov is the one who came yesterday.

7) an adverb with the meaning of a qualitative characteristic of an object. The windows were wide open.

Complex Predicate

It consists of three or more components, they are built according to certain schemes.

Two-part sentences have

1) short adjective + (linking verb) + infinitive. He was supposed to arrive yesterday.

2) short adjective + (linking verb) + verb “to be” + name/participle.

The answer had to be correct.

3) verb + “to be” + noun/adjective.

He dreamed of being a pilot.

4) verb + infinitive (with modal/phasic semantics) + infinitive.

He wanted to continue studying.

Types of complex predicates in a one-part sentence.

1) KS + (linking verb) + infinitive. It was good to relax in the summer.

2) KS + (linking verb) + be + adjective. To do this you need to be very careful.

The secondary members of the sentence do not express the predicative relationship.

Definition. Type of communication - coordination. Definitions are divided into agreed and inconsistent. Agreed definitions are connected to the main word by a connection of agreement and are expressed in Russian by adjectives, participles, adjective pronouns and ordinal numbers. Inconsistent definitions are associated with the main word by control or adjacency. The control method connects definitions that are expressed by prepositional-case or case forms of nouns.

Father's house. Inconsistent definition, because Expressed noun in gender. case.

Polka-dot dress. Inconsistent definition expressed by him. noun in v.p.

There are also definitions expressed by infinitive, adverb and comparative.

The house is opposite. Definition expressed by adverb, adjacency, disagreement. adverb.

Inconsistent definitions, as a rule, are syncretic and are in the transition zone.

House by the road. Circumstance and addition.

An atypical definition in Russian is application.

Application- structural-semantic type of definition.

Application features:

1) expressed by a noun.

2) defines the subject, i.e. gives it a different name.

Sister Valeria. Valeria is the main word, sister is the application.

3) can appear before or after the word being defined.

4) is associated with a noun with a special type of connection - parallelism of forms.

Since the connection between the defined noun and the application is not formally expressed, the problem of differentiation arises - where is the main word and where is the application.

The semantics of words plays a big role in the distinction.

1) if there is a generic and specific concept, then the application will be the word that names the specific concept.

Cranberry berry.

2) if one of the words is literary, and the other is dialectal or slang, then the application is a word with a narrower scope of use.

Ram snipe. Snipe-literary-main thing.

3) if one of the words specifies, clarifies or narrows another concept, then it will be an application.

Road engineer. Dorozhnik is more narrow in semantics, therefore it is an application.

4) if one of the words has a qualitative-evaluative meaning, then it will be an application.

Handsome deer. Handsome app.

5) if one of the words is an animate proper noun, and the other is a common noun, then the common noun will be an application.

Artist Kramskoy. Kramskoy is the main thing.

6) if the proper name is inanimate and next to it is a common noun, then the appendix will be the proper noun.

Moscow city. The city is the main thing.

7) application is a word indicating profession, nationality, relationship, age, etc.

Old surgeon.

8) an isolated member of a sentence will always be an application.

The brother who found him, Ivan, was making something.

Addition - a grammatically dependent minor member of a sentence, which denotes a grammatically dependent subject and, as a rule, is expressed by a noun or a noun pronoun.

The addition is associated with the main word by the type of connection control, usually stands after the word being defined and denotes the object to which the action is directed.

Additions are divided into direct and indirect. Direct and indirect objects differ in the same way as direct and indirect object values.

An object value can be combined with

Book reading. R.p. Indirect addition.

The smell of dried grass came from the ground. It came from the ground. From what? The addition is indirect. Where? From the earth. Circumstantial meaning.

In fact, the addition can be expressed by any part of speech, including the infinitive. If the complement is expressed by an infinitive, then it is an adjunction.

Forests teach us to understand nature. What do they teach? Understand.

Circumstance- a grammatically dependent minor member of a sentence that denotes various signs of an action or the degree of manifestation of a sign. It is expressed, as a rule, by an adverb or a sentence-case form of a noun.

According to the method of communication, this is adjoining or weak control. Most often it is in postposition in relation to the word on which it depends, but it can also be in preposition. Most often it depends on the verb, less often on a qualitative adjective, adverb or state category.

Types of circumstances:

1) way of action. Denote a characteristic or method of performing an action. Answer the questions: how? how? how? The drums beat quickly. Depends on the verb.

2) measures and degrees. Designate a quantitative characteristic of an action or characteristic. They answer the questions: to what extent? in what degree? How many? The room is very quiet. Quiet to what extent?

3) places. Indicates the scene of action, direction or path of movement. Answers the questions: where? Where? where? We lived in the forest. Running in the forest is good for your health.

4) time . Indicates the time of action and its duration. Answers the questions: when? how long? since when? How long? I leave tomorrow.

5) causes. Indicate the reason for the action. Answer the questions: why? for what reason? Because of the rain, everyone stayed at home. Prepositional case form of the noun, control. Syncretic.

6) goals. Indicate the purpose of the action. They answer the question: why? for what purpose? I went fishing.

7) Conditions. Indicate the conditions under which an action or state is possible. Answers the question: under what conditions? If desired, this is easy to do. Often combined with a circumstance of time or with an object meaning. I'll go there only with you.

8) Concessions. Indicates a condition despite which an action or state is possible. Answers the questions: no matter what? in spite of what? Despite the rain, the competition took place. Derivative preposition.

One-part sentences

There is only one main member of the sentence and it expresses the GP of the sentence (modality, syntactic tense, predicativity). One-part sentences are structurally complete sentences,

Classification of one-part sentences.

According to the morphological expression of the main member, all one-part sentences are divided into verbal and nominal. Among the verbs there are: 1) definitely personal 2) indefinitely personal 3) generalized personal 4) impersonal 5) infinitive

Among nominal sentences the following stand out: 1) nominative 2) genetic 3) vocative

Verb sentences.

Personal one-part sentences. In them, the main member indicates the active producer of the action. At the same time, the producer of the action itself is not named in order to focus attention on the action itself.

I love the storm in early May.

The main member of the sentence performs three functions:

1) indicates the subject.

2) expresses the modal-temporal plan.

3) expresses lexical meaning.

Depending on the nature of the subject, personal sentences are divided into definitely personal, indefinitely personal and generalized. A specific subject is expressed by a first or second person verb form. The indefinite subject is expressed in the 3rd person plural form.

There's a knock on the door.

Specific subject - 1st and 2nd person

Indefinite subject - 3rd person plural, simple plural

IN vaguely personal In sentences, the subject is thought of as definite if the subject of the action is not known, or it can be thought of as indefinite, even if the subject is known.

IN generalized-personal sentences, subject can

Generally personal sentences are distinguished on the basis of the semantics of the subject, and in form they coincide with definitely or indefinitely personal ones.

Tears of sorrow will not help. After a fight they don’t wave their fists.

Non-personal one-part sentences: impersonal and infinitive.

Impersonal offer - a one-part sentence, the main member of which expresses an action or state that exists independently of the activity and will of the subject. The subject can be named, but cannot be in the nominative case. I'm cold. It's getting light.

Impersonal offers.

Impersonal offers- This is the most common type of one-part sentence. These sentences are distinguished by the greatest variety, both in structure and semantics. The main member of an impersonal sentence can have different expressions:

1) verb form coinciding with the 3rd person singular or middle gender, singular, right tense.

The chimney is howling.

3) short passive participle of the neuter gender. The room is smoky.

4) the word “no” can act as a predicate in combination with the genitive case of a noun. I have no time.

5) modal or phase verb in impersonal form + dependent infinitive. I wanted to sleep. It was starting to get dark.

Infinitive sentences- this is a special structural-semantic type of one-part sentences in which the main member of the sentence is expressed by an independent infinitive. You won't be able to catch up with the crazy three. Modality in such sentences is expressed by the very form of the infinitive and intonation and is differentiated with the help of particles. They express the meanings of obligation, necessity, impossibility, inevitability. To be rain. Infinitives with a particle would have the meaning of desirability and caution. Don't be late! I would like to take a swim!

Related information.

The lesson “Compound nominal predicate” is dedicated to this common type of predicate in the Russian language. Users will learn that the predicate in question consists of an auxiliary and a nominal part, and the teacher will talk about the linking verb.

Topic: Two-part sentences. Main members of the proposal

Lesson: Compound Nominal Predicate

He was a doctor; He became a doctor; He was ill; He came first.

grammatical connective expresses only grammatical meaning ( time, mood, etc..), has no lexical meaning ( be). Present tense copula be usually stands in the zero form (“zero copula”): the absence of a copula indicates the present tense of the indicative mood.

He was a doctor. He will be a doctor. He is a doctor.

Semi-significant The copula not only expresses the grammatical meaning, but also introduces additional shades into the lexical meaning of the predicate, but cannot be an independent predicate (in that meaning):

A. emergence or development of a sign: become, become, become, become;

b. preservation of the characteristic: stay;

V. manifestation, detection of a sign: to happen, to happen;

d. assessment of the characteristic from the point of view of reality: to seem, to appear, to appear, to be considered, to be reputed;

d. name of the characteristic: to be called, to be called, to be revered.

He became sick. He remained ill. He seemed sick.

Significant copula - a verb with a full lexical meaning (one can act as a predicate):

a) verbs of position in space: sit, lie, stand;

b) verbs of motion: go, come, return, wander;

c) state verbs: live, work, be born, die.

She sat tired. He left angry. He was born happy. He died a hero.

If a verb has dependent forms of a full adjective, participle, ordinal number (answers the question Which?), then this is always a compound nominal predicate ( sat tired, left upset, came first). The parts of such a compound nominal predicate are not separated by commas!

Ways to express the nominal part:

1. a noun in case form, often in I.p. / etc. He is/will be a student;

2. adjective in full and short form, in the form of any degree of comparison.

Julia was charming;

3. full or short participle. The book is opened on page fourteen;

4. pronoun. He's not like that;

5. numeral. She became the first;

6. adverb. The conversation will be clear;

7. phrase. The girl was tiny.

8. phraseological unit. He became the talk of the town.

Note!

1. Even if the predicate consists of one word - a name or an adverb (with a zero connective), it is always a compound nominal predicate;

2. short adjectives and participles are always part of a compound nominal predicate;

3. nominative and instrumental cases - the main case forms of the nominal part of the predicate;

4. the nominal part of the predicate can be expressed as a whole phrase in the same cases as the subject.

The most typical mistakes when parsing a compound nominal predicate.

1. The short form of an adjective and especially a participle is mistaken for a verb, so the predicate is mistakenly considered a simple verb. To avoid mistakes, put the predicate in the past tense: the suffix -l appears in the verb, and a connective appears in the short adjective or participle was (was, was, were).

He is sick - He was sick. He is sick - He was sick. The city was taken - The city was taken.

2. Short adjective The neuter gender (the nominal part of the predicate) is confused with the adverb ending in -o. To avoid mistakes, please note:

If there is no subject (one-part sentence), then the nominal part of the predicate is an adverb: The sea is calm;

If the subject is an infinitive, a feminine or masculine noun, a plural noun, then the nominal part of the predicate is an adverb:

Living is good; Life is good; Children are good;

If the subject is a neuter noun, change the number of the subject or substitute another subject - a feminine or masculine noun: the form of the adverb will not change; the ending of the short adjective will change; You can also replace a short adjective with a full one.

The sea is calm(short adjective)

3. The nominal part of the predicate, expressed by a full adjective, participle, ordinal number, is mistakenly parsed as a minor member - definition. To avoid mistakes, pay attention to the word from which the question is asked. Which? to this name. If the question is posed from the subject or object, then this is a definition. She had a red (what?) dress.

If the question Which? is placed from a verb, then this is the nominal part of the predicate.

Her dress was (what?) red.

If there is no verb in the sentence, then pay attention to the word order: the modifier usually comes before the subject noun. She has a red dress; the nominal part of the predicate usually comes after the subject noun. Her dress is red.

4. The nominal part of the predicate, expressed by a noun, a pronoun in the nominative case, is often confused with the subject. It is especially difficult to distinguish between the subject and the predicate if both members are expressed in the nominative case.

To distinguish between the subject and the predicate, expressed in the nominative case forms, consider the following: the subject usually precedes the predicate:

Moscow- capital of Russia; The capital of Russia is Moscow.

However, in Russian the predicate can also precede the subject.

Ivan Ivanovich is a good man.

Demonstrative particle This stands or can be placed before the predicate:

Moscow- is the capital of Russia; Ivan Ivanovich is a good person.

Please note that in sentences like: This is good; This is my brother - This is the subject expressed by the demonstrative pronoun in the nominative case.

The subject can only be expressed in the nominative case; the predicate has two main case forms - nominative and instrumental cases. If you put the connective in a sentence be in the past tense ( was, was, was, were) or a bunch be, then the form of the nominative case of the predicate will change to the instrumental form, but for the subject it will remain the same. Ivan Ivanovich was a good man.

Plan for parsing a compound nominal predicate

Indicate the type of predicate.

Indicate how the nominal part is expressed, in what form the linking verb is.

Sample parsing

Life- This is good.

Fine- compound nominal predicate. The nominal part is well expressed by an adverb; grammatical connective be- V null form; the zero copula indicates the present tense of the indicative mood.

I came first.

Came first- compound nominal predicate. Nominal part first expressed by an ordinal number in the nominative case; significant copula came expressed by a verb in the past tense of the indicative mood.

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Highlight the grammatical bases of the sentences.

1. For you, are all people buyers and sellers? (M. Gorky). 2. What am I? (M. Gorky). 3. What a funny man you are! (M. Gorky). 4. A clever little thing is a human mind (M. Gorky). 5. The need to simplify is our childhood disease (M. Gorky). 6. What happiness it is to be able to do everything (M. Gorky). 7. Accuracy and certainty are one of the most important and necessary qualities and conditions of true poetry (V. Belinsky). 8. The fawn was born as spotted as its mother (M. Prishvin). 9. Valetka’s remarkable quality was his incomprehensible indifference to everything in the world (I. Turgenev). 10. The book had many color pictures covered with tissue paper (K. Paustovsky). 11. I woke up on a hard carriage bench, all numb from the hardness and morning cold (I. Bunin). 12. The next day, early in the morning, I ordered my stroller to be laid (I. Turgenev). 13. I went to wander through a small, once fruit garden, now wild (I. Turgenev). 14. I began to look with tension into the twilight of the moonlight, covered in vapors of light (I. Turgenev). 15. Annushka stood against the wall, pale (K. Paustovsky).

Predicate, consisting of a nominal part and a linking verb is called a compound nominal predicate.
The linking verb to be is the most commonly used. The connective in the sentence may be omitted.

Compound nominal predicate, which is abbreviated as SIS, consists of two parts:

a) auxiliary part - the copula expresses grammatical meaning;
b) main part - the nominal part expresses the lexical meaning.

When parsing, the predicate is indicated by two horizontal lines.

The nominal part of a compound predicate is expressed:
adjective name.
Let's give an example: the road was bad;

noun.
Let's give an example: a dog is a faithful friend;

Comparative degree of an adjective.
Let's give an example: her hair is longer than her shoulders;

A short turn of the passive participle.
Let's give an example: food is eaten;

A short adjective.
Let's give an example: the morning is fresh;

Adverb.
Let's give an example: the error was obvious;

Numeral name.
Let's give an example: five five - twenty five;

Pronoun.
Let's give an example: this book is yours;

Syntactically integral phrase.
Let's give an example: she fell face down into the mud;

Type of connective by meaning:
Grammatical connective – expresses only grammatical meaning (tense, mood), has no lexical meaning.

Typical verbs:
Verbs to be, to appear. In the present tense, the copula be is usually in the zero form (“zero copula”): the absence of the copula indicates the present tense of the indicative mood.

Here are some examples:
She was a teacher.
She will be a teacher.
She is a teacher.
She was a waitress.
She will be a waitress.
She's a waitress.
She is a waitress.
Lyrics are the highest manifestation of art.

Type of connective by meaning:
The semi-nominal copula not only expresses the grammatical meaning, but also introduces additional shades into the lexical meaning of the predicate, but cannot be an independent predicate (in that meaning).

Typical verbs:
a) the emergence or development of a sign: to become, to become, to be done, to become;
b) preservation of the sign: stay;
c) manifestation, detection of a sign: to happen, to appear;
d) assessment of a sign from the point of view of reality: to appear, to seem, to introduce oneself, to be considered, to be reputed;
e) name of the attribute: to be called, to be called, to be revered.

Here are some examples:
He became sick.
He remained ill.
He was sick every autumn.
He turned out to be sick.
He was considered sick.
He seemed sick.
He is sick.
He was considered sick.
They were called sick.

Type of connective by meaning:
The nominative connective is a verb with a full lexical meaning (one can act as a predicate).

Typical verbs:
a) Verbs of position in space: sit, lie, stand;
b) verbs of motion: go, come, return, wander;
c) verbs of state: live, work, be born, die.

Here are some examples:
She sat tired.
He left angry.
He returned upset.
He lived as a hermit.
He was born happy.
He died a hero.

Compound nominal predicate (CIS) consists of two parts:

a) auxiliary part - bunch(verb in conjugated form) expresses grammatical meaning (tense and mood);
b) main part - nominal part(name, adverb) expresses lexical meaning.

SIS = copula + nominal part

Examples: He was a doctor; He became a doctor; He was ill ; He was sick; He was wounded; He came first.

Types of linking verbs

Verb be can act as an independent simple verbal predicate in sentences with the meaning of being or possessing:

He had three sons; He had a lot of money.

Verbs become, becomes, turn out to be etc. can also be independent simple verbal predicates, but in a different meaning:

He found himself in the city center; He stood against the wall.

The most difficult to analyze are compound nominal predicates with a denominator, because usually such verbs are independent predicates (cf.: He was sitting by the window). If a verb becomes a copula, its meaning becomes less important than the meaning of the name associated with the verb ( He sat tired; more important is that he was tired, not what He sat and not stood or lying).

For the combination “nominative verb + name” to be a compound nominal predicate, the following conditions must be met:

the nominative verb can be replaced by the grammatical connective be:

He sat tired- He was tired; He born happy- He was happy; He came first- He was the first;

the link can be made null:

He sat tired- He tired; He born happy- He happy; He came first- He first.

If a verb has dependent forms of a full adjective, participle, ordinal number (answers the question Which?), then this is always a compound nominal predicate ( sat tired, left upset, came first). The parts of such a compound nominal predicate are not separated by commas!

Ways to Express the Nominal Part

Note!

1) Even if the predicate consists of one word - a name or an adverb (with a zero connective), it is always a compound nominal predicate;

2) short adjectives and participles are always part of a compound nominal predicate;

3) nominative and instrumental cases - the main case forms of the nominal part of the predicate;

The most common mistakes when parsing a compound nominal predicate:

1. The short form of an adjective and especially a participle is mistaken for a verb, so the predicate is mistakenly considered a simple verb. To avoid mistakes, put the predicate in the past tense: the suffix -l appears in the verb, and a short adjective or participle will have the connective was ( was, was, were).

For example:
He's sick(PGS). - He was sick;
He is sick(SIS). - He was ill ;
The city is taken(SIS). - City He was taken .

2. A short neuter adjective (the nominal part of the predicate) is confused with an adverb ending in -o. To avoid mistakes, pay attention to the form of the subject:

if there is no subject (one-part sentence), then the nominal part of the predicate is an adverb.

Wed: The sea is calm;

if the subject is an infinitive, a feminine, masculine noun, a plural noun, then the nominal part of the predicate is an adverb:

Living is good; Life is good; Children are good ;

if the subject is a neuter noun, change the number of the subject or substitute another subject - a feminine or masculine noun: the form of the adverb will not change; the ending of the short adjective will change; You can also replace a short adjective with a full one.

Wed: The sea is calm(SIS; the nominal part is expressed by a short adjective). - The river is calm A; The sea is calm s; The sea is calm oh ).

3. The nominal part of the predicate, expressed by a full adjective, participle, ordinal number, is mistakenly parsed as a secondary member - a definition. In order not to make a mistake, pay attention to which word starts the question which?

4. to this name.

The nominal part of the predicate, expressed by a noun or pronoun in the nominative case, is often confused with the subject. It is especially difficult to distinguish between the subject and the predicate if both members are expressed in the nominative case.

To distinguish between the subject and the predicate, expressed in the nominative case forms, consider the following:

The subject usually precedes the predicate:

However, in Russian the predicate can also precede the subject.

Wed: Moscow is capital of Russia; The capital of Russia is Moscow.

Ivan Ivanovich is a good man;

the demonstrative particle this stands or can be placed before the predicate: note that in sentences like: - This This is good ; This is my brother

is the subject expressed by the demonstrative pronoun in the nominative case; was, was, was, were the subject can only be expressed in the nominative case form; the predicate has two main case forms - nominative and instrumental cases. If you put the connective be in the past tense (

Wed: ) or the copula appear, then the form of the nominative case of the predicate will change to the instrumental form, and for the subject it will remain the same. Moscow was the capital Russia; Moscow is the capital Russia; Ivan Ivanovich was a good person ; Ivan Ivanovich.

Plan for parsing a compound nominal predicate

1. Indicate the type of predicate.
2. Indicate how the nominal part is expressed, in what form the linking verb is.

Sample parsing

is a good person

Life is good. Fine Fine be

expressed by an adverb; grammatical connective

I came first.- compound nominal predicate. Nominal part first Came first came expressed by an ordinal number in the nominative case; significant copula

expressed by a verb in the past tense of the indicative mood.

This guy is of average height.- compound nominal predicate. Nominal part Medium height medium height be expressed as a whole phrase with the main word - a noun in the genitive case; grammatical connective