Need help parsing combined forms of a verb I came across this verb: > It could have been pretty much any verb really. I tried to parse the different forms the verb has been assigned. Here's my process: - (Transitive verb) **To catch** - (Passive form) - **To get caught** - (Passive, past-progressive form) - **Had been getting caught** **Question** : I want to know if my understanding of these forms (combined) is correct or not. In other words, = **Had been getting** caught?

I am afraid that your understanding of the third form is incorrect.

is the equivalent of the English " **pluperfect** passive voice". There is no "progressive" expressed in this.

In English, it would be "had been caught (and had stayed in captivity since)".