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(Code and Color Key)
1. I
will
not let
you disturb them. |
"You disturb them" technically fits the sentence
test, but it does not mean the same as it does in this sentence. Thus
"disturb" is not a finite verb. [It is an infinitive;
"you" is its subject, and "them" is its direct object. The infinitive phrase
functions as the direct object of "will let."]
2. There was
not a
single human being (PN)
to be seen. |
"Human being to be seen" does not fit the sentence
test, Thus "to be seen" is not a finite verb. [It is an infinitive
that functions as an adjective to "human being."]
3. They saw
a little man
(DO), dressed {in gray},
seated {at a table}.
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Neither "man dressed in gray" nor "man seated at a table" passes
the sentence test. Thus
they are not finite verbs. [They are gerundives
that modify "man."]
4. The next
morning [NuA] the
little gray man came
{to the eldest brother}
and
beckoned him
to follow. |
"Him to follow" does not pass the sentence
test. Thus "follow" is not a finite verb. [It is an infinitive;
"him" is its subject. The infinitive phrase functions as the direct object
of "beckoned."]
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