http://www.englishforums.com/search/pro.htm?q=tag%3aPrepositional+verbs+tag%3aPredicates&tag=Prepositional+verbs,Predicates&orTags=0Search results for 'tag:Prepositional verbs tag:Predicates' matching tags 'Prepositional verbs' and 'Predicates'en-USCSMOD (Build: 3191.21962)http://www.englishforums.com/English/PleaseParseThisSentence/zmkwx/post.htm#479601Thu, 21 Feb 2008 03:59:45 GMT946f00bb-57d3-4b7b-a9a2-059b5341af52:479601Mister Micawber&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;