Does the sentence The nurse felt your pulse have a subject complement?

Answer 1

No. The verb "feel" may be a linking word in some cases, but it is not one in this sentence. True linking verbs are forms of the following verbs: be, seem, and become. Other verbs, like feel, may be linking verbs if they are functionally equivalent to the verb to be.

Example: "John feels embarrassed" is the same as "John is embarrassed" and in this case "embarrassed" would be the subject complement.

In the above question, however, "The nurse felt your pulse" is not functionally equivalent to "The nurse is your pulse" or "The nurse seems your pulse" and so there is no subject complement in this sentence.