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The predicate can be subject to the syntactic process of complication, thus,
according to their structural characteristics, predicates can be simple and
complicated. Therefore, eight types of predicates can be identified.
Simple verbal
I took an apple.
Simple nominal
The coincidence was extraordinary.
Simple
phraseological
He gave me a smile.
Simple contaminated He sat motionless.
Complicated verbal
The girl began to cry.
Complicated
nominal
He turned out to be a thief.
Complicated
phraseological
You should have taken a look at the map.
Complicated
contaminated
He seemed to be lying asleep.
(Mind that Prof. Ilyish’s idea of simple and compound nominal predicate is
different from the traditional view. NB what he calls double predicate - Catherine's
blood
ran cold
with the horrid suggestions which naturally sprang from these
words. (J. AUSTEN))
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