gryphuss

[fathom moat]

Please be patient

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[pallid elbow]

thank you for saving my life

not "thank you saved my life"

infinitive is introduced by merci de, no reason for it be conjugated

[trim wind]

I’d say it’s more “thank you for having saved my life”

note that “merci de me sauver la vie” would be a request “(please) save my life”

[rough jungle]

It's not a typical sentence, there's no subject or main verb. I would say it's a fixed expression.

There's maybe an implied subject of "je" along the lines of

Je te remercie de m'avoir sauvé la vie

but merci isn't a verb so i don't really know how to classify the sentence.

[honest jay]

It’s not conjugated because there is no subject

[alpine rune]

Sweet, thanks!

[honest jay]

This structure will appear when you need a past tense verb but there’s no subject.
« Après avoir fini son travail, il part. (After having finished his work, he leaves.) »
« Je crois t’avoir déjà envoyé la lettre. (I believe to have already sent you the letter) »