Is sick / is in deep trouble

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HI,1. In [He is sick],  how to define the [is]?I can not guess.  But I can guess that the [is] : causative verb to the pitch from a British professor.2. In {He was in deep trouble.}, how to define the [is]?I can guess the [is] is anti-causality verb to the pitch from his in [Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.] and [Jack's in love, he's no judge of Jill's beauty.]Could any one tell my guess correct or not?If right so, could you tell me the reason for, because the two ways used to express the same feeling.The other side, I know different pitchs give different meanings.

Mister Micawber · Accepted Answer

I have no idea what you are talking about, bepleased. There is no cause, no anti-cause. Be is the copula, simply uniting complement to subject as a description of the subject.

Sick he
In-deep-trouble he
In-the-eye-of-the-beholder beauty
In-love Jack
No-judge Jack

Bepleased · Answer

Yes, Mister Micawber.But in [He is sick.], the speaker regards [he] as a person who can do the dominator in himself, although the [sick] has an bad influence on him. So, the professor gave heigher pitch to the [is]and in [He is in deep trouble.], the speaker show the [he] as a sufferer contained or surrounded by the [deep trouble], so the professorgave it lower pitch to the [is] it is worth his own situation. As you teaching------[Sick he]-----he of sick -----he has / posesses sick as a book calling Mrs. Margaret Hilda Thatcher the iron woman (= the woman of iron), where [iron] given lower pitch than [the woman]because [the woman ] is the possesser of [iron]. Would you be kind enough let me know the reason and wish you make sense of it unto me?Thanks a lot Mister Micawber.

Bepleased · Answer

And as your teaching -----[In-love Jack]------the [in] used to show to give power to

and form the meaning ----jack must be surounded or contained by

.So, the lower must be given to the poor [Jack] and the higher pitch given to the dominator ----the [ in-love].

Bepleased · Answer

Because different pitchs give different meanings, its't it?

Bepleased · Answer

There are some examples about the different [is].1. The dog is happy. (is = feels = belongs to)---The dog is an acceptor of the feeling.[is]---anti-causality verb 2. a happy marriage = a marriage which has them pleasure and contentment    one of the happiest days of my life    [the days which cause me pleasure and contentment]   a marriage is happy -----[is] = has a quality----causative verb3. [happy birthday to you]-----All the birthday events in connection with you, we wish them cause happiness.-----Wish [all the birthday events to you] is happy.-----[is] = has a quality-----causative verb

Mister Micawber · Answer

Hello, bepleased. Sorry, but I am not receiving proper notice of thread responses; I found this again by accident.

And sorry again, but I cannot follow your explanations at all.

Is sick / is in deep trouble

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