Secondary predicate
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A secondary predicate is a (mostly adjectival) predicative expression that conveys information about the subject but is not the main predicate
of the clause. This structure may be analysed in many different ways.
These may be resultative, as in (1) and (2) or descriptive as in (3).
She painted the town red
The film left me cold
Susan walked around naked.
Predicate (grammar)
There are two competing notions of the predicate in theories of grammar. Traditional grammar tends to view a predicate as one of two main parts of a sentence, the other being the subject, which the predicate modifies. The other understanding of predicates is inspired from work in predicate calculus...
of the clause. This structure may be analysed in many different ways.
These may be resultative, as in (1) and (2) or descriptive as in (3).
She painted the town red
The film left me cold
Susan walked around naked.