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No-Action Verbs--- ---<say-as interpret-as="number">3</say-as>.---The verb to be can serve either as a main verb or as an auxiliary verb. When it acts as a main verb, it typically couples a grammatical subject with an adjective---(predicate adjective),. as in John is big or The sunset is beautiful.--- Or it couples a grammatical subject with another noun---(predicate noun), as in---Mary is president---or War is hell. Or it might couple a grammatical subject with a phrase, as in ---The book is on the table.--- Or--- He is from the South. When it acts as an auxiliary verb, the verb to be forms the progressive tense, as in We are studying grammar, or the passive voice, as in The ball was hit by John.