Verbal Predicate

Verbal Predicate

1. What is a Predicate?

• A sentence with just a subject can’t really make a sense but with the predicate attached, the sentence become whole.

• A predicate makes for one of the two most important parts of the sentence, the other one being the subject.

• The predicate improvises the subject of a sentence or makes attempts at trying to describe it, making the sentence sensible.

      2. Predicate examples:

•     Ryan, David and Peter went for a long run together.

•     Yanto and his family live in the city of Jogjakarta. 

      3. Types of Predicate:

• There are four basic types of predicates and these can be classified on the basis of both structure and the morphological characteristics of the predicate.
   Structural classification:
      Simple predicate – further classified into Simple Verbal predicate and simple nominal predicate.
      Compound predicate – further classified into compound verbal predicate and compound nominal predicate.
      Morphological classification:
      Verbal predicate – further divided into simple verbal and Compound verbal predicate.
      Nominal predicate – further divided into simple nominal and Compound nominal predicate.

       4.Verbal Predicate:

• Verbal predicate divided into : Simple verbal predicate and compound verbal predicate.
  Simple Verbal Predicate
      Simple verbal predicate occurs in a sentence in which the predicate consists of just one word.
       For example: Runners run.
                              dogs bark.
   Simple verbal predicate shows an activity performed by the object. Its expressed by the finite form of the verb in the required tense, mood, aspect and voice. It can also be expressed by a set of expression (phrase).
      e.g: We are reading English books.
              He pays much attention to his grammar. (set phrase)   

        5. Compound verbal predicate:

• Compound verbal predicates when occuring in a sentence, are made up of more than one word and either have marked modalities or describe a particular event.
  For example:
  Keny and Roy had a big lunch together.
  Compound verbal predicate consist of two parts : the semi-auxiliary part and the notional part.
  
  • The notional part names an action or a process and its mostly expressed by an infinitive or a gerund.
  • The semi-auxiliary part expresses different grammatical categories (tense, mood, aspect, etc).
  The semi-auxiliary part are divided into 3 following types of compound verbal predicate:
  The compound verbal modal predicate
      it is expressed by a modal verb ( try, intend, have to, to be to, to be about).
  6. The compound verbal aspective predicate.
      it is expressed by a verb of aspective semantics i.e. By a verb showing the beginning, continuation or end of some action. ( begin, continue, go on, stop, finish, cease, start, carry on, commence, set about, keep, proceed, give up, leave off).
      it can also be expressed by the verb used to or would which express  a repeated action in the past.
      e.g: It began raining.
             He used to call on us every Monday.
  7. The compound verbal modal-aspective predicate.
      it is expressed by a verb of aspective semantics whis is modified by a modal element (modal phrase, etc)
       e.g: it may begin raining soon. 

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