Object or complement

[yhenry]

I checked out a Korean web site to find out a questionable sentence analysis.
See for yourself if it is done right.
http://hangulforest.com/gram_e.htm

그녀는 나쁜 사람이 아닙니다

The sentence is explained this way;
그녀는(subject) 나쁜 사람이(object) 아닙니다 (predicate)

If the sentence is analyzed for the English speaking people learning Korean, then, it should be analyzed closed to the English sentence structure.
I feel it should be done this way:

그녀는 (subject) 나쁜 사람이 (complement) 아닙니다 (Be verb)
She is not a bad person.

How can 'be verb' have an object?

What do you think?

[Chriss]

The way I learnt English grammar is that 'to be' is a copular verb that does not take an object.

So if you wanted to analyse the sentence as if it were English, I'd say

그녀는(subject) 나쁜 사람이(subject predicative) 아닙니다 (copular verb).

[javiskefka]

I would call 사람 a predicate nominative.

[SiEd]

I would call 사람 a predicate nominative.

"Predicate nominal", 맞죠? "Nominative" is only used for the case ending

[javiskefka]

You're the linguist. I'm recalling this from the last time I diagrammed a sentence, middle school.

Anyway, 사람 is not a complement either. A complement can be omitted from the sentence and the sentence will still make sense.

[yhenry]

Try to analyze this sentence.

나는 오늘 그녀에게 매우 귀여운 선물을 보넸 읍 니 다

[javiskefka]

Depends on how you translate it:

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[subj] [verb]   [adjectives] [obj] [p.p.] [adv]
 I        gave    a very cute  gift  to her today

[subj] [verb] [i.o.] [adjectives] [d.o.][adv]
 I        gave   her   a very cute  gift  today

pp = prepositional phrase
io = indirect object
do = direct object

[SiEd]

Try to analyze this sentence.

나는 오늘 그녀에게 매우 귀여운 선물을 보넸 읍 니 다

"나는 오늘 그녀에게 매우 귀여운 선물을 보냈습니다", 그렇죠?

Anyway, without further ado...

Na-nun onul kunye-eykey maywu kwiyewu-n senmwul-ul ponay-ss-supni-ta.
1P.plain-TOP today 3.FEM-BENF very cute-ATTR present-ACC send-PST-FORM-DECL

[[나는]TopNP [오늘]AdvP [그녀에게]BenNP [[[[매우]AdvP 귀여운]AdjP 선물을]NP [보냈습니다]V]VP]S

TopNP: Topic Noun Phrase = N-는
AdvP: Adverbial Phrase
BenNP: Benefactive Noun Phrase = N-에게/-에/-한테
AdjP: Adjectival phrase = (AdvP) Adj
NP: Noun Phrase = (AdjP) N
VP: Verb Phrase = (NP) V
S: Sentence = (TopNP) (NP) VP

This one's a doozy, huh?

[yhenry]

나는 (subject) 오늘(adv) 그녀에게(indirect Object) 매우 (adv) 귀여운(adj) 선물을(direct object) 보넸읍니다(verb)

I today to her very cute present sent.