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Jermaine Moen ∙
The phrase "is not" is a verb phrase using the verb (is) and the adverb (not).
Both the verbs "to win" and "to fulfill" are transitive in the sentence.
A verb phrase is the verb and its dependents (objects, complements, and other modifiers), but not the subject or its dependents.
The verb phrase in the sentence is "is protecting her cubs."
The subject is the noun phrase "The female grizzly."
were getting is the verb phrase.
Is making
will have swum
verb phrase = could have moved (never is an adverb and not part of the verb phrase)
The verb phrase in 'We could never have moved that tree by ourselves,' is 'have moved.'