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3. The Predicate

The simple predicate

The predicate is the member of predication containing the
mood and tense (or only mood) components of predicativity. E.g.: I
would hate to make you cry.The predicate can be a word or a
syntactical word-morpheme (in English — does, will). When a
predicate is a semi-notional verb or a syntactical word- morpheme, it
is only a structural predicate and is usually connected with a notional
word which makes the notional predicate, e.g.- He was strong
enough for that. Does anyone know about it but me?
Since the conjugation of the English verb has a lot of
analytical forms the characteristic feature of the English simple
predicate is the fact that it can be expressed in many cases by
analytical verb forms. In Ukrainian it happens rather rarely since the
availability of analytical verb forms is not numerous here.
The simple predicate of the English sentence includes as
well predicates expressed by the verb with the postpositive
attachment of the type stand up, as well as idiomatic word
combinations, which have the meaning of the common verbal
lexeme, e.g.: give way — поступатися, take courage —
зважитися, have a smoke — покурити etc. In connection with this
the analytical expression of the predicate is still more widespread in
English.
In both languages the predicate reveals its syntactic
connection with the subject by means of the grammatical agreement
with it (узгодження). But since the English verb has much fewer
categorical forms (in particular the form of person, gender and
number) the possibilities of coordination between the subject and the
predicate are much fewer.
The predicate in the English sentence always has its certain
place depending on the type of the sentence. In the affirmative
sentence it stands after the subject, e.g.: He came here in the

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