a predicate consisting of more than one semantic component, and hence the construction consists of multiple elements. These semantic components are quite varied. This textbook takes a broad view of what constitutes a complex predicate; most dependents of a clause that are not argument phrases are parts of a complex predicate. Example: in The soldier quickly walked off, quickly walked off is the complex predicate consisting of quickly, walked, and off. (Sections 2.2.2, 13.1.1)