Parsing Models for Gerunds :
(A) You need not send those books to me.
SEND :
1. verb - transitive
2. infinitive mood
3. object to the verb NEED
(B) Having found his friend he was greatly pleased.
HAVING FOUND :
1. verb – transitive
2. perfect participle of the verb TO FIND
3. qualifying the pronoun HE
(C) He was greatly pleased at having found his friend.
HAVING FOUND :
1. verb - transitive
2. perfect form of gerund of the verb TO FIND
3. object to the preposition AT
(D) I cannot decide what I ought to do in the matter.
DECIDE :
1. VERB - transitive
2. noun infinitive in the present active form
3. object to the verb CAN
4. THE to is omitted - because the infinitive is preceded by the verb CAN
TO DO :
1. Verb - transitive
2. noun infinitive in the present active form
3. object to the verb OUGHT
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