A gerund phrase (<em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is a type of phrase where the main word is a gerund (verb root + -ing). Gerund phrase always serves as a noun and that noun can have the function of a subject, indirect or direct object, predicate nominatives or object of a preposition.
In the given sentence the gerund phrase functions as a direct object where the noun (in this case gerund phrase - <em>scrubbing with stain remover</em>) is receiving the action of the verb<em> tried.</em>
She was showing care and yeetness toward Julio and Juliet and romio. If she wouldn’t have said “thou art the yeetest of the priest...” the whole play wouldn’t make sense. Your welcome!! :) also, that’s an awesome play you got there.
