What are the attributive, adverbial and predicative complements in English?

1. Attribute is generally a modifier of nouns. Generally, nouns are used as subjects or objects, so attributes are modifiers of subjects or objects. Attributes can be divided into pre-attributes and post-attributes. It can be adjectives, infinitives, numerals, pronouns, adverbs and clauses.

For example:

The lovely girl likes this colorful picture very much. That lovely girl likes that colorful picture very much.

In this sentence, the girl is the subject and the picture is the object. Cute is the attribute of decorating the subject girl, and gorgeous is the attribute of decorating the object picture. What are girls like? Very cute. What's this picture like? Rich and colorful. With attributes, people are more aware of the nature of subject and object.

All the broken windows have been repaired. All the broken windows have been repaired.

In this sentence, broken is a postattribute, which modifies windows.

2. Adverbials are modifiers that modify predicates, indicating time, reason, place, result, etc. Predicates are generally verbs, and adverbials can be adverbs, infinitives, nouns, clauses and prepositional phrases.

For example, he quickly opened the door. He quickly opened the door. In this sentence, quickly is an adverbial, modifying the predicate verb opened. What is the action of opening the door? Come on.

They worked all day. They worked all day. All day is a noun. In this sentence, it is an adverbial to indicate time.

3. The predicate is placed in the same position as the object behind the predicate. Predicates can be nouns, pronouns, numerals, adjectives, infinitives, adverbs and prepositional phrases. How to distinguish between predicate and object? Very simple, as long as the predicate is a Be verb (is, are, was, were) or a sensory verb (become, turn, feel, look, smell, sound, etc. ), then it is followed by a predicate.

For example, (1) She is very beautiful. She is very beautiful. Be verb as predicate, beautiful (adjective) as predication.

As his parents expected, he became a doctor. As his parents wished, he became a doctor.

The sensory verb turn is the predicate, and doctor (noun) is the predicate.

My wish is to be an artist. My dream is to be an artist.

Be verb is predicate, to be a doctor (infinitive) is predicative.

Complement is a supplementary explanation of the whole sentence, which is usually placed at the end of the sentence. The deletion has little effect on the main meaning of the sentence.

After a day's work, he came into the room wearily. After a day's work, he came into the room wearily.

In this sentence, fatigue is the complement of the sentence.