It seems like the sentence might be missing a word or two. If we add the word "coming," we get:
He saw the multitude coming to him.
In this case, "coming" is a present participle acting as an adjective modifying "multitude".
It seems like the sentence might be missing a word or two. If we add the word "coming," we get:
He saw the multitude coming to him.
In this case, "coming" is a present participle acting as an adjective modifying "multitude".