The sale usually takes place outside the house,with the audience__seated_on benches,chairs or boxes

题目

The sale usually takes place outside the house,with the audience__seated_on benches,chairs or boxes
老师说一个句子里面在逗号后没有连词的情况下不可以出现两个谓语动词,关于这个我一直有点搞,拿这个句子说下,TAKE PLACE 是谓语动词吗,那这个后面seated是什么呢?分词?

答案

take place中take是动词,place 是take的宾语,
seated on benches,chairs or boxes是audience的后置定语,其中seated是过去分词作定语表状态,此时它是一个非谓语.