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In South Park s19e02, there is the following dialog:
1) - The X has been fu**ed to death.
- Yes! Yes!
- What? Are you sure?
- What is it, Thomas?
2) - The X got fu**ed to death, darling.
The first sentence seems to be Present Perfect, Passive voice.
But what tense is used in the second sentence?
Is it Present Simple, or Passive voice with got used as a Modal verb?
Got in example 2 is the simple past tense of get.
Got is never a modal.
X get(s) Y'ed means "X undergoes an event where the end result is that we can say X is Y'ed."
I got blessed with 20 dollars = I underwent an event where the end result is that I am blessed with 20 dollars
There is have got, and the got here in this expression emphasizes have in any of its meanings but not where have is being used in a perfect tense. Had got doesn't work.
I have 10 dollars.
I have got 10 dollars.
I have to talk to John.
I have got to talk to John.
I have talked to Jerry.
I have got talked to Jerry (doesn't work).
"Got" is a form of "get", which is not a modal verb. It is a light verb.
As CowperKettle says, sentence 2 is in the (simple) past tense, the same tense as a sentence like "The Canadian president died." It is a "get-passive".
