I agree with T.J.  "See Spot to run" doesn't make sense to me.

"Spot run" looks to me like a direct object.

I see something.  What is it?  Spot running. 

What do you want me to see?  Spot run.


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Please

I'd tend to agree with Martha on this. I see it as the following:
  [You] see spot [to] run.
In this scenario, "Spot" is the direct object and "run" is the objective
complement.
Kathleen

On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 06:15:26 -0600
  "T. J. Ray" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 
> Enlightenment sought with explanation of "See Spot run."
> 
> I'm unable to see that this sentence contains an objective complement.

>It  does contain a direct object:  "Spot run," an infinitive phrase.  I

>see no  objective complement.  "Spot" serves as the subject of the 
>infinitive  "run."  Why would the phrase not appear on a single line 
>that might  be raised over the direct object slot?
> 
> tj
> 
> 
>>
>>
>> The major change I've made is on the main line when there's an object

>>complement, such as "See Spot run" or "I consider diagrams useful."
>>In the
>> original R&K, the object complement comes between the verb and the 
>>direct  object on the main line, with a line slanting toward the 
>>object. In my  version, the words on the main line keep the order in 
>>the sentence:
>> I | consider | diagrams \ useful.
>> In "See Spot run," the "run" would be on a pedestal in that last slot

>>to  indicate its form as an infinitive, with a line attached to it for

>>the  understood "to."
> 
> 
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