predicative complement - Simple English Wiktionary

Expression

Expression
predicative complement

(grammar) A predicative complement comes in a verb phrase and relates to the subject or the object.
In a clause like Sue seems very capable, the adjective phrase very capable functions as predicative complement which relates to the subject Sue.

Grammar (edit)
parts of speech	noun - verb - adjective - adnoun - adverb - determinative/determiner - article - participle - pronoun - conjunction - preposition - interjection
grammatical functions	head - dependent - subject - predicate - predicator - object - complement - predicative complement - predicative adjunct - predicative oblique - appositive oblique - modifier - supplement - adjunct - determiner/specifier
clauses	main clause - dependent clause - subordinate clause - relative clause