there were some people rowing on the river

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there were some people rowing on the river
row是及物动词,应该后面要有个宾语吧?

there be句式是这个句子的动词
所以row在这里不是动词,充当一个动名词,做伴随状态,表示人们在河上的状态,作为修饰词,是一种非谓语形式.