The main verb of "gone" is "go". "Gone" is actually the past participle form of "go". In English, "go" is an irregular verb because its past tense form is not formed by simply adding "-ed" at the end, like regular verbs. Instead, the past tense of "go" is "went". The past participle form of "go" is "gone", which is used to form the present perfect and past perfect tenses.
For example, in the sentence "I have gone to the store", "gone" is used with the helping verb "have" to create the present perfect tense, indicating an action that happened in the past and continues to have relevance in the present. In the sentence "She had gone to the store before I arrived", "had gone" is used with the helping verb "had" to create the past perfect tense, indicating an action that was completed before another action in the past.
So, although "gone" may seem like it could be used as a standalone verb, it is actually dependent on the auxiliary verb that accompanies it to form a specific tense.
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