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I'd like to ask whether the direct object in this sentence is a non-finite clause and thus the sentence is not a simple sentence?
Gatsby doesn't want to have any trouble with anybody.
I'd analyze it like this:
Is that to have any trouble with anybody a non-finite clause or just a verb phrase?
to have any trouble with anybody is both a verb phrase and a non-finite clause.
Within the main clause, the whole phrase is a verb phrase with the function of direct object, just as you analysed it.
On its own level (non-finite clause) you could analyze it like so:
- to have: predicate
- any trouble: object
- with anybody: prepositional object
