Wednesday, November 30, 2016

grammar - Non-finite clause complementation of complex transitive verbs

This question has been bothering me for a while. It came up when I was reading Chapter 16 of "A Comprehensive Grammar of the English Language."



How to explain the grammatical structure of the following four sentences?



"We knew him to be a spy."
"I saw her leave the room."
"I heard someone shouting."
"I got the watch repaired."




What category do the four non-finite clauses in boldface fall into? They do not seem to fall into any of relative, nominal, comparative and adverbial clauses.

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