なってる versus なる. Who is this sentence talking about?


The younger sister is worried about dog attacks. The older sister says this:

> 「そんなに心配することないわよ。もうどっかに行っちゃっていなく **なってる** わよ。」  
>  There's no need to worry so much. You'll reach the point where you end up
> not going anywhere anymore.

I'm not at all sure about the meaning of the second sentence. With the
translation I gave above I would have expected just なる rather than なってる. With
なってる I feel inclined to translate it as " **I've** reached the point where
**I've** ended up not going anywhere anymore. This seems less likely given the
context.

So, my main problem is, is the older sister talking about what will happen to
the younger sister (future tense, I'd expect なる）or is she talking about
herself (already attained state, なってる)?

Due to the above confusion I'm also not sure whether もう means 'already' or
'anymore'.




With the context you give, my interpretation is something appears
menacing—let's say dogs since you mentioned dog attacks—and the older sister
says "You don't need to worry that much, because it/they is/are gone already."

The subject of the second sentence, and the agent of both verbs in that verb
chain has to be the thing feared.

> もう/どっかに行っちゃって/いなくなってる/わよ  
>  (It/they) has/have already gone somewhere and is/are no longer here any
> more.

As to the question about aspect, this event has already happened, and that's
why the older sister tells her younger sister that she doesn't need to worry.
なる doesn't work here. なった would work, but the sentence is about how the event
associated with the verb affects the current situation. Hence なっている. いなくなる is
a change in state verb, see these answers:

[When is Vている the continuation of action and when is it the continuation of
state?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/30454)

[Usage of ている in Punctual Verbs in Japanese and the Concept of Present Perfect
in English](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/78871/30454)

[Is 寝る a stative or active
verb?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/57193/30454)

[If Vて+いる isn't a gerund, then what is
it?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1363/30454)




With the context you give, my interpretation is something appears
menacing—let's say dogs since you mentioned dog attacks—and the older sister
says "You don't need to worry that much, because it/they is/are gone already."

The subject of the second sentence, and the agent of both verbs in that verb
chain has to be the thing feared.

> もう/どっかに行っちゃって/いなくなってる/わよ  
>  (It/they) has/have already gone somewhere and is/are no longer here any
> more.

As to the question about aspect, this event has already happened, and that's
why the older sister tells her younger sister that she doesn't need to worry.
なる doesn't work here. なった would work, but the sentence is about how the event
associated with the verb affects the current situation. Hence なっている. いなくなる is
a change in state verb, see these answers:

[When is Vている the continuation of action and when is it the continuation of
state?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/3122/30454)

[Usage of ている in Punctual Verbs in Japanese and the Concept of Present Perfect
in English](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/78871/30454)

[Is 寝る a stative or active
verb?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/57193/30454)

[If Vて+いる isn't a gerund, then what is
it?](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1363/30454)

