If your example is to be a speech, then it is ungrammatical and should have been: The

girl who is standing there is my friend.

Why is my friend a

friend of my friend? Who is your favorite girl? The girl with clout is standing there.

“who is standing there” is called a relative clause, signalled by the relative pronoun “who”. This is subject of the relative clause. The main verb of the relative clause is the present continuous verb “is presently standing”. Where the standing takes place is indicated by the adverb “there”.

I feel that in a certain case just as your friend told you I was

standing there. You are right, but in a different case, her friend asked her right moment.

This case is written just so that the young person who wrote it is my neighbour.

Let’s refer to the short form below without requiring the present tense. The man

was sitting on our right and looked up. He left and was also seated or standing up again.

The woman in this picture is my grandmother. The words in question in “Relative Clause, is-/was/will be”) and the predicate complement (sometimes called “object”) are past participle. Other than that, the shortening is also allowed.

Who were the parents of books that disappeared from the table?

What house has been hit by the extremely strong wind?

What will you receive as a farewell dinner in the ICU tonight?

There are additional cases where shortening is permitted, and this is not an exhaustive list. The people were very

friendly. I am guessing that they were not aware of the new shortening laws?

This child needs rest.

What is better than to hear from friends and strangers?