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The firefighters (subject) died (verb) fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell (adverbial participial phrase).

Gomu Gomu NO The firefighters'' DIED FIGHTING '' the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell

The firefighters died | (while they were) fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnel.

fighting ~ attempting to extinguish

CJ

Gomu Gomu NOThe firefighters'' DIED FIGHTING '' the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell

died = catenative verb

fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the Town of Yarnell = gerund-participle clause as catenative complement to died

Aspara Gus Gomu Gomu NOThe firefighters'' DIED FIGHTING '' the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnelldied = catenative verbfighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the Town of Yarnell = gerund-participle clause as catenative complement to died

I can't see it. That makes it "died fighting", like "went down swinging". That's not what the sentence means.

Aspara Gusdied = catenative verb

Really? Wouldn't that make just about all verbs

enoonThat makes it "died fighting", like "went down swinging".

They sound the s

CalifJimReally?

Well, yes. The clause is a complement of the verb died; it completes the meaning of the sentence. (Died doing what? Fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell.)

Aspara GusDied doing what?

I suppose I was thinking "Died how?" I'm trying to wrap my mind around 'die' as a verb that even needs a complement. It's intransitive.

In any case, is this a unique case, or are there other verbs like this?

CJ

CalifJim enoonThat makes it "died fighting", like "went down swinging".They sound the same to me. That's how I read "died fighting ...". I'm not following this argument either! I must be having a bad day! CJ

"He died trying in the autumn of life" is not the same as "He died trying to rescue his dog." The first "died" is catenative. You can't make the first one

enoon"He died trying in the autumn of life" is not the same as "He died trying to rescue his dog." The first "died" is catenative. You can't make the first one "He died while trying in the ...."

This is going to be one of those where I say it different ways over and over, trying to feel the differences, until it all sounds like nonsense syllables.