زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ
Zayd is standing.
زَيْدٌ قَامَ
Zayd stood up.
In the first, «قَائِمٌ» is a non-clausal descriptive predicate. In the second, the verb and its understood subject form a verbal clause serving as the predicate. The latter also explicitly expresses a past occurrence.
Featureزَيْدٌ قَائِمٌزَيْدٌ قَامَ
Predicate formSingle descriptionVerbal clause
Time referenceNo fixed tense encoded by the nounPast occurrence through the verb
AttributionDirect descriptionInternal verb-subject relation
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The Predicate as a Single Expression: Causal Linkage, Clauses, Verbs and Nouns
زَيْدٌ قَائِمٌ
Zayd is standing.
زَيْدٌ قَامَ
Zayd stood up.
In the first, «قَائِمٌ» is a non-clausal descriptive predicate. In the second, the verb and its understood subject form a verbal clause serving as the predicate. The latter also explicitly expresses a past occurrence.
Featureزَيْدٌ قَائِمٌزَيْدٌ قَامَ
Predicate formSingle descriptionVerbal clause
Time referenceNo fixed tense encoded by the nounPast occurrence through the verb
AttributionDirect descriptionInternal verb-subject relation