Every verb group has a main verb, which may stand alone or may be preceded by auxiliary verbs which determine the mood, tense, voice or aspect of the main verb. The main verbs determines which other sentence elements are required or permitted in the predicate, (selection restriction).
Main verbs may be classified:
copular verb: this links a subject to predicative.
Miss Gold seems happy (SUBJECT + COPULA VERB + PREDICATIVE)
stative verbs: this establishes a state not an action.
We lay in our beds. (SUBJECT + STATIVE VERB + ADVERBIAL)
active or dynamic verb: the sentence describes an action (i.e. a change of state).
Mr Jenner left the room. (SUBJECT + ACTIVE VERB + DIRECT OBJECT)
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