如何分析“see + 名词 + as being + 名词”?

有一读者问: 《英语世界》中有一句:

(1)We saw that as being the key.

句中的that as being如何分析?

that as being the key是谓语动词saw的复合宾语。see...as...(将……看作是……)是一常见结构,再如:

(2)Some people saw the affair as a tragedy.

如对复合宾语that as being the key作内部分析的话,that用作宾语,as being the key则是宾语补足语。如还要对as being the key加以分析,则as是介词,being是动名词(用不用皆可),the key是being的表语。