Compound verb predicate. Simple verbal predicate: examples of sentences

Compound predicates- these are predicates in which the lexical meaning and grammatical meaning (time and mood) are expressed in different words. The lexical meaning is expressed in the main part, and the grammatical meaning (time and mood) in the auxiliary part.

Wed: He sang(PGS). - He started to sing(GHS); He was sick for two months(PGS). - He was sick for two months(SIS).

Compound Verbal Predicate (CGS) consists of two parts:

A) auxiliary part(verb in conjugated form) expresses grammatical meaning (time and mood);
b) main part(indefinite form of the verb - infinitive) expresses lexical meaning.

GHS = auxiliary verb + infinitive

For example: I started to sing; I want to sing; I'm afraid to sing.

However, not every combination of a conjugated verb with an infinitive is a compound verbal predicate! In order for such a combination to be a compound verbal predicate, two conditions must be met:

1. The auxiliary verb must be lexically ambiguous, that is, it alone (without the infinitive) is not enough to understand what the sentence is about.

1. Wed: I began- what to do?; I want- what to do?. If in the combination “verb + infinitive” the verb is significant, then it alone is a simple verbal predicate, and the infinitive is a secondary member of the sentence.

Wed: Shesat down(for what purpose?) relax.

2. The action of the infinitive must refer to the subject (this is the subject infinitive). If the action of the infinitive refers to another member of the sentence (objective infinitive), then the infinitive is not part of the predicate, but is a minor member.

Wed:
1. II want to sing. I want to sing- compound verb predicate (I want - I, sing will- I).
2. Irequestedsing her.Requested- simple verbal predicate sing- addition (I asked, she will sing).

Compound nominal predicate. The concept of the verb copula; types of verb connectives in Russian. The nominal part of the compound predicate and ways of its expression.

A compound nominal predicate (CIS) consists of two parts:

a) the auxiliary part - the link (the verb in conjugated form) expresses the grammatical meaning (time and mood);
b) the main part - the nominal part (name, adverb) expresses lexical meaning.

SIS \u003d link + nominal part

For example: He was a doctor; He became a doctor; He was ill; He was sick; He was wounded; He came first.

Linking verb types:

1. Grammatical link - expresses only grammatical meaning (time, mood), has no lexical meaning. Verbs to be, to be. In the present tense, the connective to be is usually in the zero form ("zero connective"): the absence of a connective indicates the present tense of the indicative mood. He was a doctor .
He will be a doctor .
He doctor . He was sick .
He will be sick .
He sick .
He is sick .
Lyrics There is the highest manifestation art. 2. Semi-notional copula - not only expresses the grammatical meaning, but also introduces additional shades into the lexical meaning of the predicate, but cannot be an independent predicate (in that meaning). a) occurrence or development of a trait: become, become, become, become;
b) preservation of the feature: stay;
c) manifestation, detection of a sign: to be, to be;
d) evaluation of the feature in terms of reality: to appear, to appear, to appear, to be considered;
e) the name of the feature: to be called, to be called, to be called. He became ill .
He stayed sick .
He been sick every autumn. He turned out to be sick .
He considered sick .
He seemed sick .
He is sick .
He reputed to be sick .
Their called sick . 3. Significant link - a verb with a full lexical meaning (one can act as a predicate). a) Verbs of position in space: sit, lie down, stand;
b) verbs of motion: go, come, return, roam;
c) state verbs: live, work, be born, die. She sat tired .
He left angry .
He returned upset .
He lived as a hermit .
He born happy .
He died a hero . Verb be can act as an independent simple verbal predicate in sentences with the meaning of being or having:

Him was three sons; Him was much money.

Verbs become, become, become etc. can also be independent simple verbal predicates, but in a different meaning:

He turned out to be downtown; He became near the wall.

The most difficult to analyze are compound nominal predicates with a significant copula, because usually such verbs are independent predicates (cf.: He sat near the window). If the verb becomes a link, then its meaning is less important than the meaning of the name associated with the verb ( He sat tired; more important is that he was tired, not that He sitting, not stood or lay).

For the combination "significant verb + name" to be a compound nominal predicate, the following conditions must be met:

1. a significant verb can be replaced by a grammatical connective to be:

He sitting tired - He was tired ; He born happy - He was happy ; He came first - He was the first ;

2. the link can be made zero:

He sitting tired - He tired ; He born happy - He happy ; He came first - He first .

If the verb has dependent forms of the full adjective, participle, ordinal number (answers the question Which?), then it is always a compound nominal predicate ( sat tired, left upset, came first). The parts of such a compound nominal predicate are not separated by commas!

Ways of expressing the nominal part: 1. Noun: Noun in the nominative or instrumental case ( He is mine Brother .
He was mine brother .); A noun in the indirect case with or without a preposition ( Navigator was in oblivion .
I penniless .
This house - Meshkov .); A whole phrase with the main word - a noun in the genitive case (with the meaning of a qualitative assessment) ( son-in-law was a silent breed .
This girl tall .) 2. Adjective: Short adjective ( He oars .
He became cheerful .); Full adjective in the nominative or instrumental case( He funny .
He became cheerful .); Comparative or superlative adjective Here the sound of music were more audible .
You the best .)3. Participle: Short participle ( He injured .
glass were broken .); Full participles in the nominative or instrumental case( glass were broken .
glass were broken .); Pronoun or whole phrase with the main word pronoun( All fish- your .
This something new .); Numerals in the nominative or instrumental case( Their hut - third on the edge.
Their hut was the third on the edge.); Adverb( I was alert .
His daughter Married for my brother).

One-part sentences as a special type of simple sentence. The main member of the single etc. Classification of one-state. e.g.: definitely personal, indefinitely personal, generalized personal, impersonal, infinitive, nominative.

One-part sentences are those sentences that have one grammatical composition. Predicativity in one-part sentences is expressed in one main member, which is its only organizing center. This main member not only names a certain object, phenomenon or action, but also expresses an attitude towards reality. The second composition in such sentences either cannot be at all, or formally it could be, but its absence does not create incompleteness, but is a structural feature of these sentences. Wed: Students bent over notebooks: they are writing a test paper. - The newspapers write about the new successes of athletes. In the first case, the sentence Write a test paper is incomplete, the subject is omitted, but is easily restored from the context; in the second there is no subject, it is not restored, but its absence does not create an incomplete sentence, since it is not the source of the message that is important, but the message itself. In the sentence I am writing you a letter, the subject could formally be (I am writing you a letter), but since the meaning of the 1st person singular is contained in the very form of the predicate I am writing, the “omission” of the subject in this case cannot be considered a sign of incompleteness of the sentence. In the sentence I can't sleep, there can be no grammatical subject at all, since the person experiencing this state is indicated by the dative case form and the predicate form does not allow the nominative case.
One-part sentences include definite-personal, indefinitely-personal, generalized-personal, impersonal, infinitive and nominative sentences.
One-part sentences can be common and non-common, depending on whether the main member is explained with additional words or not. Definitely personal suggestions

Definitely-personal sentences are called, the main member of which is expressed in the form of the verb of the first or second person of the present and future tense. The verb in this case does not need a pronoun, since its form contains an indication of a well-defined person. A verb in a definite-personal sentence can be in the form of both indicative and imperative.
For example: Excited by dreams, through the fields, through the meadows lined with stacks, I wander thoughtfully in the cool semi-darkness (N.); Be silent, please, don’t you dare wake me up (Tyutch.) Indefinitely personal sentences are called such one-part sentences in which the main member is expressed by a verb in the form of the 3rd person plural of the present and future tense or in the form of the plural of the past tense and denotes an action, done by the indeterminate, i.e. unidentified persons.
For example: The next day, very tasty pies, crayfish and lamb cutlets were served for breakfast; Generalized personal sentences

Generalized-personal sentences are called one-part sentences, the main member of which is expressed by the verb of the 2nd person singular (present and future tense), and the action denoted by the verb in such sentences applies equally to any person, i.e. the subject of action is conceived in a generalized way.
The main purpose of generalized personal sentences is a figurative expression of general judgments, large generalizations, which is why they are so widely represented in folk proverbs: You cannot throw out a word from a song; With whom you will lead, from that you will type; What goes around comes around; You can’t even take a fish out of the pond without labor; What is written with a pen cannot be cut down with an ax; Do you like to ride - love to carry sleds; Murder will out; Say the word - do not turn back.

Compound verb predicate has the following structure: auxiliary part + infinitive.

The auxiliary part uses auxiliaryny verb in the form of one of the moods, expressing the grammatical meaning, and in the main part - infinitiv(or a stable combination of a verb type in the form of an infinitive), which expresses a lexical meaning, i.e. directly names the action: He's chillingword in mouth tried to keep(A. Pushkin); Entering the hall, I hid in a crowd of men and started doing their own observations (= observe) (M. Lermontov).

In addition to the grammatical meaning of mood and tense, auxiliary verbs also express additional meanings: 1) the beginning, end or continuation of the action, i.e. phases of action (such verbs are called phase): onchat, become(= start), continue, finish, stop and so on.; 2) desirability / undesirability, possibility / impossibility, expediency / inexpediency, etc. of action, as well as inclination, habituality, emotional attitude to action (such verbs are called modistant, they express the relation of the agent to the action): to want, to be able, to wish, to aspire, to try, to try, to decide, to love, to be afraid and etc.:

1) Meanwhile, Princess Mary stopped singing(M. Lermontov); Natasha started to calm down... (L. Tolstoy); From the hot rays of the sun began to melt snow (M. Prishvin).

2) I I don't want to be sad nothing to you (A. Pushkin); Don't dareut or something, alien commanders tear up uniforms about Russian bayonets? (M. Lermontov); We love to listen sometimes the passions of others are a rebellious language (A. Pushkin); I myself trying by the fire in parts a snowflake take apart(N. Matveeva).

In the auxiliary part, instead of modal verbs, verb phraseological units and stable verb-nominal phrases with a modal meaning can also be used: to burn with desire, to have a habit, to have rightin, to make a promise, to have the intention, to be able and under.

For example: I know Ivan Nikiforovich very welland I can say that he had no intention (= didn't intend) marry(N. Gogol); Now at least have the opportunity (= can) object if something goes wrong (V. Veresaev); I have already gave yourself word (= promised) more don't play with him (L. Tolstoy).

Instead of verbs and verb phraseological units in the auxiliary part compound verb predicate other parts of speech (with a modal meaning) are possible in combination with a linking verb be(in the present tense, the link is omitted, i.e. has zero fort):

1) adjectives (usually short): glad, ready, obligated, compelled, must, agree and etc.: Tell jokes and he much, After all, now who is not joking! (A. Griboyedov); In a few days must I was to find himself in the middle of my family (A. Pushkin);

2) nouns master, craftswoman, hunter, lover: He was a joker(M. Lermontov); Fetinya, as you can see, was a master of whipping feather beds (N. Gogol);

3) adverbs and adverbial combinations, as well as the category of state (in one-part impersonal sentences) with a modal meaning: right, not averse, able, necessary, able, possible, impossible and under.: Unable to Lensky demolish impact (A. Pushkin); I think he was able fulfill in fact, what he was talking about jokingly (M. Lermontov); To me need to on someone pray(B. Okudzhava).

It should be remembered that the infinitive is not included in the predicate, but is a secondary member if: 1) the actions called the infinitive and the verb in the form of mood have different performers; the infinitive in such sentences is an object; 2) the infinitive depends on the verb of movement (or cessation of movement); such an infinitive is an adverb of purpose.

For example: 1) Incomprehensible mental anxiety interfered him to read and concentrate. (A. Chekhov); 2) gone popin the bazaar to look at some goods (A. Pushkin); Wayfarers settled down by the stream to rest and feed the horses (A. Chekhov).

The concept of a sentence occupies a central place in the syntax of the Russian language. Distinguishing a sentence from other syntactic units helps to highlight the subject and predicate. This often causes difficulties, because in Russian predicates are divided into three types: simple verbal predicate, compound verbal and compound nominal.

The grammatical basis of the sentence

Secondary members in a sentence are based on a foundation consisting of a subject and a predicate. The predicative basis is the determining factor in the characteristics of the sentence: simple or complex, one-part or two-part.

It is by the presence of the subject and the predicate that they judge what the syntactic unit is: the sentence has them, the phrase does not. For example, I'm walking down the street. Is an offer, because has a grammatical basis: i'm going(subject and predicate respectively). beautiful table- phrase, because no predictive basis.

A sentence does not always have the entire grammatical basis. There are frequent cases when the subject or predicate is singled out, then the sentence will be called one-part.

When analyzing a sentence, the problem of determining the predicate and its type causes the greatest difficulty.

What is a predicate

The predicate is included in the predicative basis of the sentence and forms a link with the subject in gender, person and number. Thanks to the predicate, the sentence is related to reality and allows native speakers to communicate with each other. It is the bearer of the grammatical meaning of the syntactic unit: it indicates the reality and time of the narrative. The predicate answers questions concerning the actions of the subject, what it is, what happens to it, who it is and what it is.

There are two ways to determine the type of a predicate:

1. Morphological. Predicates are distinguished according to their relation to one or another part of speech: verbal (expressed by a verb) and nominal (expressed by a noun or adjective). For example, The lanterns are dimly lit.(predicate are burning verb). We've been friends all our lives(predicate were friends nominal, expressed by a noun with a verb copula).
2. Composite. Simple and compound predicates, consisting of one grammatical whole and several words, respectively. For example, Which one of you will betray me?(predicate betray- simple). I was embittered(predicate was embittered- composite).

These two principles for determining predicates formed the basis of their species affiliation:

• Compound verb predicate.
• Compound nominal predicate

Types of predicates: simple and compound

All predicates of the Russian language are divided into simple and compound. This belonging is determined by the number of words in the predicate. If there is more than one word, then the predicate is compound. The presence or absence of a linking verb in their composition will help to distinguish between a simple and a compound verbal predicate.

The role of the link is performed by verbs indicating:

• stages of action (beginning, development, continuation);
• duty;
• desirability;
• state

It can also be short adjectives, words of the category of state and the verb to be.

There are two types of compound predicates: nominal and verbal. Both of them have an auxiliary linking verb in their composition. The verbal predicate includes the infinitive, and the nominal predicate includes the nominal part.

If in a sentence the role of a predicate is played by a verb or its grammatical form, then it will be called a simple verbal predicate.

Simple verbal predicate (PGS): definition of the concept

It consists of a verb in one of three moods: indicative (Emptiness reigned inside the house - the predicate reigned), subjunctive (Emptiness would reign inside the house - the predicate would reign) or imperative (Let emptiness reign inside the house - let the predicate reign).

As can be seen from the last example, the PGS is not always unambiguous. There are cases when there are several of them, but the words are grammatically related: it can be a form of the verb (for example, imperative mood or future tense), an indivisible stable combination, or an increase in expression by repeating a word.

Ways of expression

Ways of expressing a simple verbal predicate are divided into two groups: single-word and non-single-word.

PGS can be agreed with the subject if it has the form of one of the inclinations. There are cases when the subject and predicate are not agreed - then the PGS has the form of an infinitive.

One-word PGS

Most often in Russian there is a one-word simple verb predicate. Sample proposals are shown below:

1. I hear the stomping of horses.(PGS hear- expressed by the verb in the indicative mood)
2. Daughter, come with me.(PGS let's go to- expressed by the imperative mood of the verb)
3. Not going today means waiting until morning.(PGS wait- expressed by the verb in the initial form)
4. A glass of bam - and on the floor.(PGS bam- expressed by verbal interjection)
5. There was dew everywhere in the morning.(PGS was- expressed by the verb "to be" in the meaning of "presence")

Multi-word PGS

Such a predicate causes great difficulty for those who study Russian. A simple verbal predicate, consisting of several lexical units, can be characterized by the fact that the words in it are grammatically connected. Sentences with a simple verbal predicate ambiguous:

1. We will argue passionately about what happened.(PGS we will argue- expressed by the verb of the indicative mood in the future tense)
2. I would go with you, but you need to go somewhere else.(PGS would go- expressed by a conditional verb)
3. Let everything be your way.(PGS let it be- expressed by the imperative mood)
4. Everyone on the farm worked, except for Stepan. He, as always, beat the buckets.(PGS - beat the buckets- expressed by a phraseological unit in the meaning of "lazy")
5. Let me do this job for you.(PGS let's do it- expressed by a verb with a modal particle)
6. I can't wait for the cold to end.(PGS can not wait- expressed by repetition of single-root verbs)

Coordination of ASG with the subject

Consider sentences with a simple verbal predicate that agrees with the subject:

1. Coordination among: The car is driving on a new highway.(PGS rides- singular) - Cars drive along the new highway.(PGS are going- plural).
2. Genus agreement: The tractor was driving.(PGS rode- masculine) - The car was driving.(PGS rode- feminine gender).
3. If the subject includes a word that has the meaning of quantity, then PGS can be expressed in the singular or plural: Two clouds float alone across the sky.(subject two clouds, PGS are floating used in the plural) Most students didn't miss class.(Subject most students, PGS did not miss the use of the singular).
4. If the subject has the form of a noun with a quantitative or collective meaning (for example, people, youth, society, majority, minority), PGS can only be used in the singular. Youth are building the future.(PGS builds used in the singular) The majority agreed with the director's proposal to improve production.(PGS agreed used in the singular).

There are cases when the ASG does not formally agree with the subject. In such cases, it is expressed:

• Infinitive: He dances - and Vera laughs. PGS laugh expressed by the verb in its initial form.
• Verb interjection: I look - but there are no bags. PGS look- an interjection that resembles a verb in form.
• The imperative mood in some forms: If she broke the vase now, things would end badly. PGS smash in an imperative mood.

Allocation of ASG in the proposal

The problem of how to define a simple verbal predicate is related to its possible ambiguity. Unlike the composite PGS, it contains words of the same grammatical form. It is this feature that distinguishes a simple verb predicate. Sample proposals are shown below:

I started working last week. - I will work from tomorrow. In the first sentence, a compound verb predicate containing an auxiliary verb began and infinitive work. Completely different picture in the second sentence. Here PGS Will work- a form of the future tense.

Use of PGS in speech

To give artistic speech dynamics, a simple verbal predicate is used. Examples: The soldiers, stationed around their cannon, were each busy with their own business. Some were writing a letter, some were sitting on a carriage, sewing a hook to their overcoat, some were reading a small army newspaper. (V. Kataev)- in this passage, the ASG gives dynamics to the events described.

PGS is used in a colloquial style of speech. In the case when it is expressed by an infinitive that does not formally agree with the subject: Senka to dance, to Varka - to laugh.(PGS laugh infinitive form, colloquial style).

To give speech an expressive color, a simple verbal predicate is also used. Examples: I bang her - and broke!(PGS bam indicates conversational style); Thunder bang-bang into the tree!(PGS bang-bang indicates the extreme degree of emotionality of the author).

Predicate.

Predicate- this is the main member of the sentence, which usually agrees with the subject (in number, person or gender) and has the meaning expressed in questions: what does the subject do? what happens to him? what is he? what is he? who is he?

The predicate expresses the grammatical meaning of one of the moods (indicative mood - present, past, future tense; conditional mood, imperative mood).

Types of predicates:

Simple verbal predicate. Compound verbal predicate - CGS. Compound nominal predicate - SIS

Simple verb predicate (PGS)

Ways of expressing a simple verbal predicate

Compound predicates.

Compound verb predicate

Compound predicates are predicates in which the lexical meaning and grammatical meaning (time and mood) are expressed in different words. The lexical meaning is expressed in the main part, and the grammatical meaning (time and mood) in the auxiliary part.

Wed: He sang(PGS). - He started to sing(GHS); He was sick for two months(PGS). - He was sick for two months(SIS).

The compound verb predicate (CGS) consists of two parts:

a) the auxiliary part (the verb in conjugated form) expresses the grammatical meaning (time and mood);
b) the main part (the indefinite form of the verb - the infinitive) expresses the lexical meaning.

GHS = auxiliary verb + infinitive. For example: I started to sing; I want to sing; I'm afraid to sing.

However, not every combination of a conjugated verb with an infinitive is a compound verbal predicate! In order for such a combination to be a compound verbal predicate, two conditions must be met:

The auxiliary verb must be lexically ambiguous, that is, it alone (without the infinitive) is not enough to understand what the sentence is about.

Wed: Ibegan- what to do?; IWant- what to do?.

If in the combination “verb + infinitive” the verb is significant, then it alone is a simple verbal predicate, and the infinitive is a secondary member of the sentence.

Wed: Shesat down(for what purpose?) relax.

The action of the infinitive must refer to the subject (this is the subject infinitive). If the action of the infinitive refers to another member of the sentence (objective infinitive), then the infinitive is not part of the predicate, but is a minor member.

Wed:
1. I want to sing. I want to sing- compound verb predicate ( want - I, sing will – I).
2. I asked her to sing. Requested- simple verbal predicate sing- addition ( asked - I, sing will - she).

Auxiliary verb meanings

Compound nominal predicate

Compound nominal predicate (CIS)consists of two parts:

a) the auxiliary part - the link (the verb in conjugated form) expresses the grammatical meaning (time and mood);
b) the main part - the nominal part (name, adverb) expresses lexical meaning.

SIS \u003d link + nominal part

For example: Hewas a doctor; Hebecame a doctor; Hewas ill; Hewas sick; Hewas injured; Hecame first.

Types of linking verbs

Verb be can act as an independent simple verbal predicate in sentences with the meaning of being or having:

Himwasthree sons; Himwasmuch money.

Verbs become, become, become etc. can also be independent simple verbal predicates, but in a different meaning:

Heturned out to bedowntown; Hebecamenear the wall.

The most difficult to analyze are compound nominal predicates with a significant copula, because usually such verbs are independent predicates (cf.: Hesatnear the window). If the verb becomes a link, then its meaning is less important than the meaning of the name associated with the verb ( Hesitting tired; more important is that he was tired, not that He sitting, not stood or lay).

For the combination "significant verb + name" to be a compound nominal predicate, the following conditions must be met:

the significant verb can be replaced by the grammatical connective be:

He sat tired- He was tired; He was born happy- He was happy; He came first- He was first;

the link can be made null:

He sitting tired - He tired ; He born happy - He happy ; He came first - He first .

If the verb has dependent forms of the full adjective, participle, ordinal number (answers the question Which?), then it is always a compound nominal predicate ( sat tired, left upset, came first). The parts of such a compound nominal predicate are not separated by commas!

Ways of expressing the nominal part

Note!

1) Even if the predicate consists of one word - a name or an adverb (with a zero link), it is always a compound nominal predicate;

2) short adjectives and participles are always part of a compound nominal predicate;

3) nominative and instrumental cases - the main case forms of the nominal part of the predicate;

4) the nominal part of the predicate can be expressed as a whole phrase in the same cases as the subject.

For example: I started to sing; I want to sing; I'm afraid to sing.
However, not every combination of a conjugated verb with an infinitive is a compound verbal predicate! In order for such a combination to be a compound verbal predicate, two conditions must be met:
1. The auxiliary verb must be lexically ambiguous, that is, it alone (without the infinitive) is not enough to understand what the sentence is about.
Cf .: I started - what to do ?; I want what to do?
1. If in the combination “verb + infinitive” the verb is significant, then it alone is a simple verbal predicate, and the infinitive is a secondary member of the sentence.
Wed: She sat down (for what purpose?) To rest.
2. The action of the infinitive must refer to the subject (this is the subject infinitive). If the action of the infinitive refers to another member of the sentence (objective infinitive), then the infinitive is not part of the predicate, but is a minor member.
Wed:
1. I want to sing. I want to sing - a compound verb predicate (I want - I, I will sing - I).
2. I asked her to sing. Asked - a simple verbal predicate, sing - an addition (asked - I, she will sing - she).

Auxiliary verb meanings

1. Phase (beginning, continuation, end of action) Start, become, start off, continue, finish, stay, stop, quit, stop, etc. He began to prepare for departure.
He continued to prepare for his departure.
He gave up smoking.
He again began to talk about the hardships of rural life.
2. Modal meaning (necessity, desirability, ability, predisposition, emotional evaluation of the action, etc.) To be able, to be able, to wish, to want, to dream, to intend, to refuse, to try, to try, to count, to be able, to contrive, to try, to assume, to get used to, to hasten, to be shy, to endure, to love, to hate, to be afraid, to be afraid, to be cowardly, to be ashamed, to set a goal , burn with desire, have honor, have intention, make a promise, have a habit, etc.
I can sing.
I want to sing.
I'm afraid to sing.
I like singing.
I'm ashamed to sing.
I hope to sing this aria.

Plan for parsing a compound verb predicate
1. Indicate the type of predicate.
2. Indicate how the main part is expressed (subjective infinitive); what is the meaning of the auxiliary part (phase, modal) and what form of the verb it is expressed.
Sample parsing
The old man started eating again.
Started to chew - a compound verb predicate. The main part (to chew) is expressed by the subjective infinitive. The auxiliary part (started) has a phase meaning and is expressed by the verb in the past tense of the indicative mood.
Auxiliary part of the compound verb predicate can be expressed with a linking verb be (in present tense in zero form) + short adjectives glad, ready, obligated, must, intend, able , as well as adverbs and nouns with a modal meaning:

I was ready (not averse, able) to wait.