What Do We Call: Having Been + Present Participle?
I am inquiring in terms of classic prescriptive grammar. As a preface, please consider the following usage of the perfect participle.
- I, [having played] well, am proud of my game.
The participial phrase, having played well, is an adjectival modifying the subject, I.
My question concerns constructions of "having been" + the present participle, like:
- I, [having been playing] well, expect to win.
To my eye, having been playing is a participle, and the participial phrase, having been playing well is an adjectival modifying the subject, I.
Is having been playing a form of participle? If so, what do we call that form?
The needed nomenclature can be chosen as that provided in §§ 3.54 and 3.56 from "A Comprehensive grammar of the English language"; and as well a system for naming all complex verb forms is given.
3.54 There are four basic types of construction in a complex verb phrase:
Type A (MODAL) consists of a modal auxiliary + the base of a verb: eg: must examine.
Type B (PERFECTIVE) consists of the auxiliary HAVE + the -ed participle of a verb : eg: has examined. (Traditionally the term PERFECT has been frequently used instead of PERFECTIVE.)
Type C (PROGRESSIVE) consists of the auxiliary BE + the -ing participle of a verb : eg : is examining.
Type D (PASSIVE) consists of the auxiliary BE + the -ed participle of a verb: eg : is examined.
These four basic constructions also enter into combination with each other:
AB : may have examined
AC : may be examining
AD : may be examined
BC : has been examining
BD : has been examined
CD : is being examined
ABC : may have been examining
ABD : may have been examined
ACD : may be being examined
BCD : has been being examined
ABCD: may have been being examined
Consequently, "having been playing" is a perfective progressive participle.