http://www.englishforums.com/English/LinguisticsDiscussionForum/Forum35.htmLinguistics - Getting into the nitty gritty of the language.enCSMOD (Build: 3140.34611)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zpgqz/post.htm#493311Wed, 26 Mar 2008 20:12:15 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:493311Anonymous0http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zpgqz/post.htm#493311http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-493311.xml<p>I&nbsp; got used to your being here = to your being here , I got used.</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; S</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; NP&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; VP</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; N&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Aux&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; V&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; pp&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Adv</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Pro&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; got&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; used&nbsp;&nbsp; to your being&nbsp;&nbsp; here</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I</p> <p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zmkwx/post.htm#479601Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:59:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479601Mister Micawber1http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zmkwx/post.htm#479601http://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-479601.xml&nbsp;.</p><p>1.-- I would guess that there are several ways to approach this; here&#39;s mine:&nbsp;</p><p><b>I</b> - Subject</p><p><b> got</b> - verb</p><p><b> used</b> - predicate adjective</p><p><b>to</b> - preposition</p><p><b> your</b> - possessive adjective</p><p><b> being</b> - gerund (object of preposition)</p><p><b> here</b> - noun complement</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2.&nbsp; Is &#39;used to&#39; a prepositional verb?-- No, it is an adjectival structure; <b>get</b> is an informal copular verb. </p> <p>3.&nbsp; How does &#39;here&#39;, which is an adverb, modify &#39;being&#39;, which is a gerund (noun)?-- Gerunds keep some of their verbal characteristics, including supporting objects or complements:&nbsp; <i>Being a man is always difficult; Eating too many hamburgers may kill you</i>. </p> <p>4.&nbsp; What if &#39;your&#39; was replaced with &#39;you&#39;, would the object of &#39;to&#39; be a fused participle of you and being?-- <i>You</i> replaces <i>your</i> in casual English.&nbsp; I suppose that then <i>you</i> would be the object of the preposition and <i>being here</i> would be an object complement. This structure (without the possessive) is indeed sometimes called a <u>fused participle</u>.</p><p>.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;<div style="clear:both;"></div>http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zmjll/post.htmWed, 20 Feb 2008 15:39:26 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479360Anonymous2http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zmjll/post.htmhttp://www.englishforums.com/English/comments35-479360.xml<p><br />I got used to your being here.</p> <p>1.&nbsp; How would this sentence be parsed?</p> <p>2.&nbsp; Is &#39;used to&#39; a prepositional verb?</p> <p>3.&nbsp; How does &#39;here&#39;, which is an adverb, modify &#39;being&#39;, which is a gerund (noun)?</p> <p>4.&nbsp; What if &#39;your&#39; was replaced with &#39;you&#39;, would the obect of &#39;to&#39; be a fused participle of you and being?</p> <p>Thank you in advance,</p> <p>Donna </p><div style="clear:both;"></div>