"being"

I can think of three uses:

1) Main verb, progressive.
He is being stubborn.
2) Present participle, modifier.
Being an adept actress, she could fool anyone with a good performance.
3) Noun
There is a human being floating in the river.

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Sorry, but the third example is grammatically incorrect! There is a human floating in the river.. Floating is Participle I and has no form like being floating..((((

Anonymous Floating is Participle I and has no form like being floating..((((

Sorry, Anonymous, but I suppose that you don't know the noun 'human being', which is another term for 'person'.

Anonymousno form like being floating.

Yes, there is no "being floating" as a verb form. But that is not the way to parse the sentence.

There is an animal floating in the river.
There is a human being (= an animal) floating in the river.
Human beings are animals. They evolved from a common common ancestor of the apes, neanderthals, and monkeys.