1. Bare infinitival clauses functioning as the complement of a lexical verb
She made the boys stay after school.
- subject: she
- predicate:
- head: made
- direct object: the boys
- complement(bare infinitival clause): stay after school
- predicand: the boys
- head: stay
- adjunct(PP): after school
I didn’t see you come in.
- predicate:
- head: didn’t
- complement(VP): see you come in
- head: see
- direct object: you
- complement(bare infinitival clause): come in
- predicand: you
- predicate: come in
2. Bare infinitival clauses functioning as the complement of a auxiliary verb
For Mike to succeed, he must improve his study habit.
- subject: he
- predicate(VP): must improve his study habit
- head(VP): must
- head(auxiliary verb): must
- complement(bare infinitival clause): improve his study habit
- predicand: he
- predicate(VP): improve his study habit
- head(V): improve
- direct object(NP): his study habit
- determiner(genitive NP): his
- head(nominal): study habit
- modifier(NP): study
- head(N): habit
- head(VP): must