Phil,

I would agree that "running" is a participle; "run" the bare 
infinitive.  Both can function as object complements.  And that's 
what's happening here, in my opinion. Quirk et al. (A Comprehensive 
Grammar) include "see" as a verb in the SVOC pattern, along with 
feel, hear, notice, watch, and many others.  Here's one of their 
sentences, much like Spot's:

		Tim watched Bill mend/mending the lamp.   (Watch Bill 
mend the lamp.)

The direct object is the subject of that complement verb.  You'll 
find a thorough discussion of verb complementation in their Chapter 
16.

Martha



>Anyone have a good resource that would provide both a name and a 
>description of the extent of distribution of what I am loosely 
>calling a 'reduced participial phrase' as seen in (1) below as 
>contrasted with a more customary participial phrase in (2).
>
>              1)   See spot run. 
>               2)  See spot running. 
>
>Phil Bralich
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