Can you analyse this sentence structure?
"He traveled throughout Europe showing his photograph".
What is the function of "showing his photograph". This makes me feel like the sentence "He traveled throughout Europe" acting like a noun phrase and the phrase "showing his photograph" acting like a adjective phrase. Is that right? Please help, I see this kind of sentence so many times, but i can't figure out its grammatical structure.
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anonymous This makes me feel like the sentence "He traveled throughout Europe" acting like a noun phrase No, that is the main clause. anonymous and the phrase "showing his photograph" acting like a adjective phrase. No, it is a non-finite participial clause acting as an sentence adverb.
- anonymous This makes me feel like the sentence "He traveled throughout Europe" acting like a noun phrase No, that is the main clause.
- anonymous and the phrase "showing his photograph" acting like a adjective phrase.
- No, it is a non-finite participial clause acting as an sentence adverb.
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anonymousThis makes me feel like the sentence "He traveled throughout Europe" acting like a noun phrase
No, that is the main clause.
anonymousand the phrase "showing his photograph" acting like a adjective phrase.
No, it is a non-finite participial clause acting as an sentence adverb.
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