Question

Locate the gerund or gerund phrase and identify its noun function in the sentence.

Gerund or gerund phrase:

Her daughter likes
likes climbing trees
likes climbing
climbing trees

Noun function:

direct object
subject complement
object of the preposition
subject

Answer 1

@phi

Answer 2

Her daughter is the subject (noun phrase)
likes is the verb (predicate)
what is left over is the direct object of the verb likes

"climbing trees"

she does not like trees she likes, "climbing"
so though climb is a verb, when we have the "ing" we call it a gerund
and treat the phrase "climbing trees" as a noun

Answer 3

thanks