21. A simple sentence usually consists of a single finite clause with a finite verb that is independent. 22. The subject is a dependent of the root node, the finite verb , in both trees. 23. However, some languages, such as headed by the finite verb " wears ". 24. The definite, but not indefinite, copula can also act as a participle following some finite verbs . 25. The finite verb has both prefixes and suffixes, while the non-finite verb may only have suffixes. 26. The finite verb has both prefixes and suffixes, while the non-finite verb may only have suffixes. 27. They seem to straddle two syntactic categories : they can function as non-finite verbs or as nouns. 28. The predicate of a sentence may have many parts, but the only required element is a finite verb . 29. Conjugation I is the only one that has special endings characteristic of finite verbs as such, as shown below. 30. Moreover, it is not useful to characterize the verb form which undergoes inversion as'the finite verb '.