241.3 Predicator in existential sentence a The predicator or predicate verb of an existential sentence is commonly a form of the verb be finite or non-finite, simple or been?"or semi-auxiliary + be'elso be realized by modal be/ have perfective. The predicator may e.g. There can be very little doubt about his guilt There can t have been much traffic so late at night There appears to be no doubt about it Apart from the verb be, there are at least three classes of semantically-related verbs that can act as predicator in an existentia sentence. These include verbs of existence and position, such as exist, live, stand, lie; verbs of motion, such as come, go, walk, and verbs of emergence or development, such as appear, arise, emerge, develop happen, occur, etc e.g. There arose in his imagination visions of a world empire Long, long ago, there lived six blind men in India a Behind the village, there flows/lies a murmuring stream◼ 24.1.3 Predicator in existential sentence ◼ The predicator or predicate verb of an existential sentence is commonly a form of the verb be, finite or non-finite, simple or perfective. The predicator may also be realized by “modal + be / have been” or “semi-auxiliary + be”. ◼ e.g.: There can be very little doubt about his guilt. ◼ There can’t have been much traffic so late at night. ◼ There appears to be no doubt about it. ◼ Apart from the verb be, there are at least three classes of semantically-related verbs that can act as predicator in an existential sentence. These include verbs of existence and position, such as exist, live, stand, lie; verbs of motion, such as come, go, walk; and verbs of emergence or development, such as appear, arise, emerge, develop, happen, occur, etc. ◼ e.g.: There arose in his imagination visions of a world empire. ◼ Long, long ago, there lived six blind men in India. ◼ Behind the village, there flows / lies a murmuring stream