Analyze the following scheme, point out the elements of the sentence and the predicative construction. Compare it to the scheme of the same construction with the Infinitive

Direct Objects

Direct objects identify what or who receives the action of a transitive verb in a clause or sentence. When pronouns function as direct objects, they customarily take the form of the objective case (me, us, him, her, them, whom, and whomever). Consider the following sentences, taken from "Charlotte's Web," by E.B. White:

"She closed the  carton carefully. First she kissed her  father, then she kissed her  mother. Then she opened the  lid again, lifted the  pig out, and held  it against her cheek."

There's only one subject in this passage, yet there are six direct objects (carton, father, mother, lid, pig, it), five nouns and a pronoun. Gerunds (verbs ending in "ing" that act as nouns) sometimes also serve as direct objects. For example:

Jim enjoys gardening on the weekends. 

My mother included reading and baking in her list of hobbies.