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Here is a sentence which meaning I can't understand clearly:
Ever since I was a child I have been happiest living in the sphere of a story. [Source]
Does "happiest" relate to "living" (attributive adjective) or to "I" (predicative adjective)?
What tenses are used here?
Is it
Present Perfect Continuous (have been living) Present Perfect (have been happiest) + adverbial clause (living)
or maybe something else?
You can think of this as clause with when missing:
Ever since I was a child I have been happiest when living in the sphere of a story.
Happiest is adjectival.
For present perfect continuous, you'd need an adverb in that position:
The sea level has been most rapidly rising in the Southern Ocean.
Ever since I was a child I have been happiest living in the sphere of a story.
The base phrase is "I have been happiest (how)", happiest refers to "I".
However you could say:
Ever since I was a child I have been living happily in the sphere of a story.
In this example, happily modifies living.
