+Remark.+--Notice that the objective complement becomes the attribute
complement when the verb is changed from the active to the passive voice.
9. That tribunal pronounced Charles a tyrant.
10. The town had nicknamed him Beau Seymour.
11. Even silent night proclaims my soul immortal.
12. We saw the storm approaching.
(Notice that the objective complement is here a participle.)
13. He kept his mother waiting.
14. We found him lying dead on the field.
15. We all believe him to be an honest man.
(Notice that the objective complement is here an infinitive phrase.)
16. Some, sunk to beasts, find pleasure end in pain.
17. Everybody acknowledged him to be a genius.
The +indirect,+ or _dative,_ +object+ is sometimes made the +subject+ of a
verb in the passive voice, while the object complement is retained after
the verb. [Footnote: Some grammarians condemn this construction. It is true
that it is a violation of the general analogies, or laws, of language; but
that it is an idiom of our language, established by good usage, is beyond
controversy.
Concerning the parsing of the noun following this passive, there is
difference of opinion. Some call it an adverbial modifier, some call it a
"retained object," and some say that it is a noun without grammatical
construction.
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